Yangon

American  

[yang-gon, -gawn] / jæŋˈgɒn, -ˈgɔn /

noun

1. former capital of Myanmar (Burma), located in the southern part of the country. See Nay Pyi Taw.

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Yangon British  

/ jæŋˈɡɒn /

noun

1. Former name (official until 1989, still widely used in English): Rangoon. the largest city and chief port of Myanmar (Burma): officially superseded as capital in 2006 by Nay Pyi Taw (Naypyidaw), though still retaining some of the functions of government; an industrial city and transport centre; dominated by the gold-covered Shwe Dagon pagoda, 112 m (368 ft) high. Pop: 4 082 000 (2005 est)

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Yangon

One Yangon office worker, speaking anonymously for security reasons, said she still feared for Suu Kyi.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

BANGKOK—Locked in an office at a police station in Yangon, the economic capital of war-torn Myanmar, Adam Castillo realized he wasn’t entirely out of luck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In another safe house we met a former Yangon bartender-turned-rebel, with his wife and two month-old-baby.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Suu Kyi spent around 15 of the following 20 years in detention, largely at her Yangon home where she often roused crowds with speeches over her boundary wall.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

My finger skims the cities of Yangon, near the coast, and Mandalay, the darker mountainous region farther north.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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