Nay Pyi Taw

Naypyidaw

/ (ˈneɪ ˈpjiː ˈtaʊ) /

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noun

the official capital of Myanmar (Burma), built in the centre of the country near Pyinmana in 2005–2006, and superseding Yangon (Rangoon) for main government functions. Pop: officially approaching 1 000 000 in 2007

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Words nearby Nay Pyi Taw

Naxçivan, Naxos, nay, naya paisa, Nayarit, Nay Pyi Taw, naysay, naysayer, Nazarene, Nazareth, Nazarite

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How to use Nay Pyi Taw in a sentence

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Perhaps their course is wiser than that which hot impatience would prompt—nay, I believe it is.
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Nay; I see fresh reasons for my hope that such concession is far nearer than is generally imagined.
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Nay, as including these services and others, though as different from each of them, they give its delineation.
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There is no question as to the ecstatic, nay frenzied state many of them attained.
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Nay, I quarrel not with the lodging; I only complain of the board—and now wouldst thou know my story.
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