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RANGOON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta
Synonyms:
Rangoon; Yangon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Rangoon" is a part of...):
Burma; Myanmar; Union of Burma (a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal)