တောင်အာရှ

Burmese

Etymology

တောင် (taung, “south”) +‎ အာရှ (ahra., “Asia”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tàʊɴʔàʃa̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: taung-ahra. • ALA-LC: toṅʻʼārha • BGN/PCGN: taung-asha. • Okell: tauñahyá

Proper noun

တောင်အာရှ • (taung-ahra.)

  1. South Asia (a geographic region of Asia, comprising all the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives))
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