Myanmar
Country in Southeast Asia.
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Southeast Asia
Geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of Australia.
Geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of Australia.
The Sunda Plate is the main plate of the region, featuring almost all Southeast Asian countries except Myanmar, northern Thailand, northern Laos, northern Vietnam, and northern Luzon of the Philippines.
Burmese language
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ, MLCTS: mranmabhasa, IPA: ) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma), where it is an official language and the language of the Burmans, the country's principal ethnic group.
Lower Myanmar
Lower Myanmar (အောက်မြန်မာပြည်, also called Lower Burma) is a geographic region of Myanmar (Burma) and includes the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta (Ayeyarwady, Bago and Yangon Regions), as well as coastal regions of the country (Rakhine and Mon States and Tanintharyi Region).
Toungoo dynasty
The Toungoo dynasty (တောင်ငူမင်းဆက်, ; also spelt Taungoo dynasty), and also known as the Restored Toungoo dynasty, was the ruling dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from the mid-16th century to 1752.
Konbaung dynasty
The Konbaung dynasty (ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘုရားမင်းဆက်, Alaungphra dynasty) and the Hunter dynasty (မုဆိုးမင်းဆက်, Mokso dynasty), was the last dynasty that ruled Burma/Myanmar from 1752 to 1885.
Manipur
State in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital.
State in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital.
It also borders two regions of Myanmar, Sagaing Region to the east and Chin State to the south.
State Peace and Development Council
The State Peace and Development Council (နိုင်ငံတော် အေးချမ်းသာယာရေး နှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကောင်စီ ; abbreviated SPDC or, ) was the official name of the military government of Burma (Myanmar), which in 1997, succeeded the State Law and Order Restoration Council (နိုင်ငံတော်ငြိမ်ဝပ်ပိပြားမှုတည်ဆောက်ရေးအဖွဲ့ that seized power under the rule of Saw Maung in 1988.
British rule in Burma
Independently administered colony, and finally independence.
Independently administered colony, and finally independence.
Burma is sometimes referred to as "the Scottish Colony" owing to the heavy role played by Scotsmen in colonising and running the country, one of the most notable being Sir James Scott.
Theravada
Most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school.
Most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school.
It is the dominant religion in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand and is practiced by minorities in India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, and Vietnam.
2015 Myanmar general election
General elections were held in Myanmar on 8 November 2015, with the National League for Democracy winning a supermajority of seats in the combined national parliament.