緬甸
also: ビルマ
Meanings
1
obsolete term
Obsolete Japanese name for Burma (modern Myanmar). The kanji form 緬甸 is historical and rarely used today; the katakana form ビルマ was more common in the early 20th century but is now also obsolete.
Pre-war maps sometimes have '緬甸' written on them.
Old maps sometimes write Burma as 緬甸.