Mergui

[ mur-gwee ]

/ mɜrˈgwi /

noun

a seaport in S Burma, on the Andaman Sea.

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Example sentences from the Web for mergui

The latter inscription and also one from Mergui ascribed to the eleventh century seem to be in mixed Sanskrit and Pali.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Charles Eliot
They had reached Mergui in 11 days from the time of leaving the island.
The Wreck on the Andamans|Joseph Darvall
In January we went down to Mergui by the steamer, and when we returned, thought he was a little better, but he soon failed again.
Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons|Arabella W. Stuart
We pass a great number of islands, which form the Mergui Archipelago, and just now might be off the shores of Greece.
From Egypt to Japan|Henry M. Field

The climate of the Andamans is equatorial in its uniformity, and greatly resembles that of Tenasserim and Mergui.
In the Andamans and Nicobars|C. Boden Kloss

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