Martaban
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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They all run southward, through Upper Burma to the rice fields of the south, and then into the Gulf of Martaban and the Bay of Bengal.
From Time Magazine Archive
British East Indies Fleet units, standing in to the Gulf of Martaban, shelled the flatlands south of Rangoon.
From Time Magazine Archive
True, Martaban had fallen and Japanese troops had made a second crossing of the treacherous Salween River.
From Time Magazine Archive
The invaders drove from Siam into extreme Lower Burma, and then around the Gulf of Martaban to ruined, abandoned Rangoon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leaving a garrison at Martaban, we proceeded to Rangoon, which had not given in.
From The Three Commanders by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
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