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Burma (other)
Burma, now known as Myanmar, is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma may also refer to: * ''Burma'' (film), a 2014 Indian film * Burma Plate, a minor tectonic plate * Burma, Guyana, a village in Guyana * Burma Valley, Zimbabwe * Burma Camp, the headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces * Burma campaign, series of battles in World War II * ''Burma'' (wargame), a 1975 board wargame that simulates the Burma campaign of World War II * B.U.R.M.A., a World War II postal acronym See also * Union of Burma (other) * Barma (other) * Burmah (other) * Bruma (other) * Burman Burman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anneli Burman (born 1963), Swedish curler *Barney Burman, American make-up artist * Barry Burman (1943–2001), English figurative artist * Ben Lucien Burman (1896–1984), American ..., an Indian surname * Nestor Burma, a fictional character from Léo Malet's crime novels * SS ''Birma'', 1894 ship. {{Disam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: mjænmɑː, ˈbɜːmə So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as ɑːror of Burma as ɜːrməby some speakers in the UK and most speakers in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final ''r'' in ''Myanmar'' was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad ''ah'' () in "father". If the Burmese name my, မြန်မာ, label=none were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would be pronounced at the end by all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |