Yangon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun), pronounced /jàɴɡòʊɴ/ in standard Burmese.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /jɑŋˈɡɑn/, /jɑŋˈɡoʊn/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jæŋˈɡɒn/
Rhymes: -ɒn, -əʊn

Proper noun

Yangon

The largest city and former capital of Myanmar; formerly, Rangoon (19th–21st c.), Dagon (16th–18th c.), and Dagoon (rare).

Translations

largest city in Myanmar

Amharic: ራንጉን (rangun)
Arabic: يَانْغُون m (yānḡūn), يَانْجُون m (yānjūn)
Armenian: Ռանգուն (Ṙangun)
Belarusian: Рангу́н m (Ranhún), Янго́н m (Janhón)
Bengali: রেঙ্গুন (reṅgun)
Bulgarian: Янго́н m (Jangón)
Burmese: ရန်ကုန် (my) (rankun), ရန်ကုန် (my) (rankun)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 仰光 (joeng⁵ gwong¹)

Mandarin: 仰光 (zh) (Yǎngguāng)
Czech: Rangún m
Danish: Rangoon
Esperanto: Jangono, Ranguno
Finnish: Rangoon, Yangon
French: Rangoun (fr) m, Rangoon (fr) m
Georgian: რანგუნი (ranguni)
German: Rangun (de) n, Yangon (de)
Greek: Ρανγκούν f (Rangkoún), Ραγγούν f (Rangoún)
Hebrew: יאנגון (yangon)
Hindi: यांगून (yāṅgūn), रंगून (raṅgūn), यंगून (yaṅgūn)
Hungarian: Rangun (hu)
Irish: Rangún m
Japanese: ヤンゴン (ja) (Yangon), ラングーン (ranguun)
Khmer: ក្រុងយ៉ានកុង (krongyaankong), រង្គុន (rŭəngkun), រ៉ង់ហ្គូន (rɑngguun), យ៉ានកុង (yaankong)
Korean: 양곤 (Yanggon)
Lao: ຢ່າງກຸ້ງ (yāng kung)
Latin: Yangon
Latvian: Jangona f
Lithuanian: Rangūnas m
Lutuv: Zekung
Lü: ᦶᦊᧃᧈᦂᦳᧃᧈ (ẏaen¹k̇un¹)
Macedonian: Јангон m (Jangon)
Malayalam: രങ്കൂണ (raṅkūṇa)
Mon: လ္ဂုၚ်, ဍုၚ်လ္ဂုၚ်
Pashto: رنګون (rangūn)
Persian: یانگون (yângon)
Polish: Rangun (pl) m
Portuguese: Yangon f, Rangum f
Punjabi: رنګون (rangūn)
Russian: Янго́н (ru) m (Jangón), Рангу́н (ru) m (Rangún)
S'gaw Karen: ဝ့ၢ်တကူၣ် (way̱ ta koò)
Shan: ယၼ်ႇၵုင်ႇ (yàn kùng)
Slovak: Rangún m
Slovene: Rangun m
Spanish: Rangún (es) m
Tagalog: Rangyún, Ranggún
Tamil: ரெங்கூன் (reṅkūṉ), ரங்கூன் (raṅkūṉ), ரங்கம் (ta) (raṅkam)
Thai: ย่างกุ้ง (th) (yâang-gûng)
Ukrainian: Рангу́н (Ranhún), Янго́н m (Janhón)
Urdu: ینگون (yāngūn)
Vietnamese: Răng Gun, I-an-gun, Ngưỡng Quang

Anagrams

Yong'an, nongay

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yangon f

Yangon (a city in Myanmar)
Synonym: Rangum