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

As the Brotherhood Alliance moved down Asian Highway 14, towards Myanmar's second-largest city of Mandalay, there was open speculation that the military regime might collapse.

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Hsipaw is normally home to around 20,000 people and sits on a highway from Myanmar's second city Mandalay to the China border, along which hundreds of millions of dollars of trade travels annually.

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The Battle of Mandalay was a crucial one for the Allies.

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March’s Mandalay earthquake devastated Myanmar, killing at least 3,791 people and an additional 63 people in Thailand.

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The Mandalay fire caused heavy, drifting smoke, which prompted 911 calls from concerned residents, the Riverside Fire Department said on Facebook.

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