Bassein

American  

[buh-seyn] / bəˈseɪn /

noun

1. a city in southwestern Myanmar (Burma), near the mouth of the Irrawaddy River.

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Bassein British  

/ bɑːˈseɪn /

noun

1. a city in Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy delta: a port on the Bassein River (the westernmost distributary of the Irrawaddy). Pop: 231 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

One force crossed the vein-like little streams that slice up lower Burma and reached Bassein, just over the coastal hills from the Bay of Bengal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three other universities at Bassein, Moulmein and Mandalay were padlocked by the government.

From Time Magazine Archive

This force arrived at Donabue before we had gained Bassein.

From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick

Mandalay is farther removed from Rangoon than are either Bassein or Maulmain.

From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Strong, Augustus Hopkins

From Rangoon as a center of operations, we went first to Bassein, where our Burman and our Karen schools for boys and girls are beautifully located.

From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Strong, Augustus Hopkins