Mandalay

American  

[man-dl-ey, man-dl-ey] / ˈmæn dlˌeɪ, ˌmæn dlˈeɪ /

noun

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

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Mandalay British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

Joseph soon joined Smith and crew for a performance in Las Vegas, the lawsuit says — on March 20 at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay — with Smith’s team booking rooms for everyone involved.

From Los Angeles Times

When the BBC tried asking people at the rally in Mandalay what they thought of the election, we were told not to by party officials.

From BBC

The rebels marched on to the brink of Myanmar's second city, Mandalay, before Beijing pumped the brakes, said Morgan Michaels, a research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank.

From Barron's

The study, titled "Mature fault mechanics revealed by the highly efficient 2025 Mandalay earthquake," was published in Nature Communications.

From Science Daily

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.

From BBC