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Rangoon

British

/ ræŋˈɡuːn /

noun

the former official name (until 1989, but still widely used) of Yangon

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On VE Day, 8 May 1945 - when the war ended in Europe - Yavar was in Rangoon filming the recently re-taken capital.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

And so it has these strange lines out of this guy going into this reverie about being posted in Rangoon.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

The wadded-up paper filling the body of the takeout container — rather than cargo of a lot more crab Rangoon — is the letdown here.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

She rose to prominence when she returned to Burma in 1988 from Britain and rallied pro-democracy supporters in Yangon, also known as Rangoon, and helped establish the National League for Democracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2021

I can tell he still likes me after Saturday night because he’s bought me crab Rangoon.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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