Burma

n. former name of Myanmar (Union of Burma), country in southeastern Asia (renamed Myanmar in 1989)

Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: ), is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia.Burma achieved independence from the United Kingdom on 4 January 1948, as the “Union of Burma.” It became the “Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma” on 4 January 1974, before reverting to the “Union of Burma” on 23 September 1988. On 18 June 1989, the State Law and Order Restoration Council adopted the name “Union of Myanmar.” This was recognised by the United Nations, but not by the US or UK Governments.
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Noun
1. a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar"
(synonym) Myanmar, Union of Burma
(hypernym) Asian country, Asian nation
(member-holonym) Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN
(part-holonym) Indochina, Indochinese peninsula
(member-meronym) Burmese
(part-meronym) Yangon, Rangoon
(class) dacoity, dakoity

n. Burma, country in southeastern Asia

n. Burma, country in southeastern Asia