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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]
Sometimes used as part of given name Mi မိ: Ms Used by some young women, usually as a nickname (e.g., Mi Swe) Used by Mon women Min: မင်း: Lord: Used as a suffix for rulers, aristocrats (e.g. Mindon Min, Min Maha Giri) Minn: မင်း: A common Burmese Boy name derived from Min Minh: မင်း: Used by Mon boys; equivalent to ...
Myanmar is known by a name deriving from Burma in Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and Greek. [53] French-language media consistently use Birmanie. [54] [55] There are at least nine different pronunciations of the English name Myanmar, and no single one is standard. Pronunciations with two syllables are found most often in major British and American ...
Burmese names (Burmese: မြန်မာ အမည်) lack the serial structure of most Western names.Like other Mainland Southeast Asian people (excepted Vietnamese), the people of Myanmar have no customary matronymic or patronymic naming system and no tradition of surnames.
The meaning of the temple name is "need the royal umbrella, need the King". He was following in the footsteps of some of Myanmar's most powerful political figures including his predecessor, Senior General Than Shwe. Many people believed that the ceremony was a yadaya and seeking divine blessings for his glory. [101]
Toggle Presidents of Burma / Myanmar (1948–present) subsection. 2.1 Union of Burma (1948–1974) ... Name (Birth–Death) Term of office Political party Took office
Htin Kyaw was born in Rangoon, British Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), to the late Burmese scholar and poet Min Thu Wun and Kyi Kyi. [1] [2] His father was of Mon descent. His childhood name given by his father was Dala Ban, a royal name of ancient Mon commanders. (He later used it as his pen name)
"Gu Zhi Zhaohu 古之昭虎" (Chinese, "Like the ancient Zhaohu"; Zhaohu itself is a nickname for Duke Zhaomu of Zhou, who defeated 40,000 Dongyi of the Jianghuai with his 7,000 strong army) – Zhang Liao, general of the Eastern Han dynasty and Cao Wei serving under the warlord Cao Cao, for his victory at the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford