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Martaban

American  
[mahr-tuh-bahn] / ˌmɑr təˈbɑn /

noun

  1. Gulf of Martaban, an inlet of the Bay of Bengal, in Myanmar (Burma).


Martaban British  
/ ˌmɑːtɑːˈbɑːn /

noun

  1. an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar

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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

They struck directly at Moulmein, about 170 miles east of Rangoon by the railroad around the Gulf of Martaban.

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

But Martaban, choked with decades of the Salween's silt, has little or no strategic value as a port for water-borne assault against Rangoon, across the Martaban Gulf.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stanley went down with the rest to Martaban, and his uncle sailed for Chittagong.

From On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War by Overend, William Heysham