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ヤンゴン Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ヤンゴン

also: ラングーン

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

Yangon; Rangoon

usually written using kana alone

The largest city and former capital of Myanmar. ヤンゴン is the modern standard Japanese name; ラングーン is an older form.

ヤンゴンはミャンマーの最さい大だいの都と市しです。
Yangon is the largest city in Myanmar.

Written forms

ヤンゴンUsage25%
Standard katakana spelling for the city name; usually written in kana.
ラングーンUsage75%
Older English-derived reading; now largely replaced by ヤンゴン.
蘭貢
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
- ヤンゴン
  Ateji spelling; rarely used.

ラングーン

Kanji

蘭orchid, Holland
貢tribute, support, finance

Etymology

From Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun). The older form ラングーン reflects the English 'Rangoon'.