Mandalay

[ man-dl-ey, man-dl-ey ]

noun

1. a city in central Myanmar (Burma), on the Irrawaddy River: the country's second largest urban area after Yangon.

Mandalay

/ ˌmændəˈleɪ /

noun

1. a city in central Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy River: the second largest city in the country and former capital of Burma and of Upper Burma; Buddhist religious centre. Pop: 927 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Sue Sha Shin Thant in Mandalay said authorities have called her friends asking for her whereabouts and visited her home, which she had already vacated.

From Time

Saw Zin Maung Soe is an LGBTQ activist who founded CAN Myanmar, a civil rights organization that is based in Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city.

From Washington Blade

Inle Lake is served by flights and buses from Yangon, Bagan, and Mandalay.

From The Daily Beast

I've seen just enough of flying fishes to hanker after Mandalay, just enough of Spaniards to long for a sight of Spain.

From Project Gutenberg

Everyone knows Mandalay by name from Kipling's poem, even if they know nothing of the rest of Burma.

From Project Gutenberg

Inside this wall at one time, the Burman time, was crammed the whole of Mandalay—six thousand houses, more or less.

From Project Gutenberg

We are on a steamer coming down the Irrawaddy River from Mandalay, and it is our first evening on board.

From Project Gutenberg

One of the pleasures of being "on the road to Mandalay" was to see the-- "Elephints a-pilin' teak In the sludgy, squdgy creek"

From Project Gutenberg