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Use of "Burma", along with many other name changes within Myanmar [11] has remained widespread, largely based on the question of whether the regime has the legitimacy to change the country's name, particularly without a referendum. [9] The United Nations, of which Myanmar is a member, endorsed the name change five days after its announcement. [12]
The addition of the father or mother's name in a person's name is now quite frequent, although it does not denote the development of a family name. Other nomenclature systems are used as well. The use of the names of one's parents and relatives in personal names has been criticized as an un-Burmese adoption of seriality [ citation needed ...
As Burmese names are often very short, honorifics are sometimes treated as an integral part of a person's name, for example, U Nu or U Thant. If a Burmese person's name consists of a single short word, or their name is most commonly written with the honorific, you may leave the honorific in the title. (This applies to ethnic honorifics as well.)
Ma† - meaning sister for young girls, young women, and one's peer group; one syllable names as in males. Daw† - meaning aunty for mature women or women in a senior position; Mi† - meaning mother, also derogratory; Mè† - meaning mother for younger women or one's peer group; Ah - a generic prefix for one's peer group; Pwa† - grandma
Myanmar–English Dictionary (Burmese: မြန်မာ-အင်္ဂလိပ်အဘိဓာန်) is a modern Government project in Myanmar (formerly Burma), first published in 1993 by the Government of Myanmar's Myanmar Language Commission. [1] It is a guide dictionary for translating between English and the Myanmar Language. It was ...
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Old Name New Name Notes Akha: Kaw: Akyab: Sittwe: Arakan: Rakhine: Ava: Inwa: Bassein: Pathein: Bre: Kayaw: Burma: Myanmar: The official adjectival form is Myanma.However, the Burmese language was renamed Myanmar language, [1] while the Burmese (Burman) ethnic group are now Bamar people.
Most cities in Myanmar are contained within one township like Pathein. In some cases, the rural portions of the township may be administered semi-independently as sub-townships. [ 9 ] In larger cities, like Mandalay , the municipality may be functionally administered at a district level with townships acting de facto as subdivisions of a city ...