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Burma


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  • Variants

    • Birmanskiĭ Soi︠u︡z
    • Union of Burma
    • Burma (Union)
    • Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
    • Pyidaungsu Myanmma Naing Ngan-Daw
    • Birmanie
    • Birmânia
    • Myanmar
    • Mien Chin
    • Burmah
    • Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw
    • Myanma Naingngandaw
    • Pyidaungsu Socialist Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw
    • Mranʻ mā
    • Praññʻ thoṅʻ cu Chuirhayʻlacʻ Sammata Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ
    • Union of Myanmar
    • Birma
    • Myanma
    • Republic of the Union of Myanmar
    • Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw
    • Mianmar
    • Unie van Mianmar
    • Unie van Birma
    • Pyi-daung-zu Myan-mar Naing-ngan-daw
    • Myanma Birliyi Respublikası
    • М'янма
    • M'i︠a︡nma
    • Рэспубліка Саюз М'янма
    • Rėspublika Sai︠u︡z M'i︠a︡nma
    • П'ідаўнзу М'янма Найнганда
    • P'idaŭnzu M'i︠a︡nma Naĭnhanda
    • Саюз М'янма
    • Sai︠u︡z M'i︠a︡nma
    • Mijanmar
    • Mijanmarska Unija
    • Мианмар
    • Република Съюз Мианмар
    • Republika Sŭi︠u︡z Mianmar
    • República de la Unió de Myanmar
    • Birmanya
    • Barma
    • Svazová republika Myanmar
    • Undeb Myanmar
    • Myanmar Unionens Republik
    • Pyidaungsu Thamada Myanmar Naing-Ngan-Daw
    • Pye Tawngsu Thammada Myanma Naingngan
    • Republik der Union von Myanmar
    • Myanmari Liidu Vabariik
    • Μιανμάρ
    • ʼΕνωση του Μιανμαρ
    • Enōsē tou Mianmar
    • Βιρμανία
    • Virmania
    • Μπούρμα
    • Bourma
    • Δημοκρατία της ʼΕνωσης της Μιανμάρ
    • Dēmokratia tēs Enōsēs tēs Mianmar
    • Unión de Myanmar
    • República de la Unión de Myanmar
    • Birmo
    • Mjanmao
    • Mjanmaa Unio
    • Myanmarko Batasuna
    • République de l'Union du Myanmar
    • Myanmarin tasavallan unioni
    • Puruma
    • Maenmar
    • Unión de Birmania
    • Mjanmar
    • Mjanma
    • Unija Mjanmar
    • Mianmari Államszövetség Köztársasága
    • ミャンマー
    • 미얀마
    • Miyanma
    • 버마
    • Bŏma
    • 缅甸
    • Miandian
    • Praññʻ thoṅʻ cu Sammata Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ
    • Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ
    • Pyidaungzu Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw
    • National Unity Government of Myanmar
    • National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Burma (Union)
  • Sources

    • found: Fistié, P. La Birmanie, 1985:t.p. (Birmanie)
    • found: Teixeira, M. Portugal na Birmânia, 1983.
    • found: N.Y. times, June 25, 1989(Burma has a new name: Myanmar; change was adopted by the United Nations on Thursday)
    • found: BGN req., 6-29-89(Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma [long form]; Burma [short form]; PCLI; 22°00ʹN, 98°00ʹE; variants: none)
    • found: BGN req., 12-20-89(Union of Burma [long form]; Burma [short form]; PCLI; variants: Birmania, Birmanie, Mien Chin, Burmah, Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma)
    • found: BGN req., 9-22-93(Union of Burma [Burma=brief] [conventional]; Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw [Myanma Naingngandaw=brief] [Burmese]; PCLI; variants: Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma; Pyidaungsu Socialist Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw; Burmah)
    • found: Lha Thvatʻ, Canda rāʺ. Mranʻ māʹ gīta re cīʺ kroṅʻʺ, 1996.
    • found: Its Praññʻ thoṅʻ cu Chuirhayʻlacʻ Sammata Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ phvaiʹ caññʻʺ puṃ ʼa khre khaṃ upade, 1991.
    • found: The statesman's year-book, 1995-1996:p. 240 (Burma; Myanmar Naingngandaw (Union of Myanmar))
    • found: Birma, 2002:added t.p. (Burma; Myanma [in rom.])
    • found: Wikipedia, Dec. 20, 2010(Burma, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw [in rom.]) Afrikaans page (Mianmar; Unie van Mianmar; Birma; Unie van Birma; Pyi-daung-zu Myan-mar Naing-ngan-daw [in rom.]) Azerbaijani page (Myanma Birliyi Respublikası [in rom.]) Belarusian page (М'янма = M'i︠a︡nma; Рэспубліка Саюз М'янма = Rėspublika Sai︠u︡z M'i︠a︡nma; П'ідаўнзу М'янма Найнганда = P'idaŭnzu M'i︠a︡nma Naĭnhanda; Саюз М'янма = Sai︠u︡z M'i︠a︡nma) Bosnian page (Mijanmar; Mijanmarska Unija) Bulgarian page (Мианмар = Mianmar; Република Съюз Мианмар = Republika Sŭi︠u︡z Mianmar) Catalan page (República de la Unió de Myanmar; Birmània) Cebuano page (Myanmar; Birmanya) Czech page (Myanmar; Barma; Svazová republika Myanmar) Welsh page (Undeb Myanmar) Danish page (Burma; Myanmar Unionens Republik) German page (Myanmar; Pyidaungsu Thamada Myanmar Naing-Ngan-Daw [in rom.]; Pye Tawngsu Thammada Myanma Naingngan [in rom.]; Republik der Union von Myanmar; Birma; Burma) Estonian page (Myanmari Liidu Vabariik)
    • found: Wikipedia, Dec. 20, 2010:Greek page (Μιανμάρ = Mianmar; ʼΕνωση του Μιανμαρ = Enōsē tou Mianmar; Βιρμανία = Virmania; Μπούρμα = Bourma; Δημοκρατία της ʼΕνωσης της Μιανμάρ = Dēmokratia tēs Enōsēs tēs Mianmar) Spanish page (Birmania; Unión de Myanmar; República de la Unión de Myanmar) Esperanto page (Birmo; Mjanmao; Mjanmaa Unio) Basque page (Myanmarko Batasuna) French page (République de l'Union du Myanmar) Finnish page (Myanmarin tasavallan unioni) Galician page (Unión de Birmania) Hawaiian page (Puruma) Irish page (Maenmar) Croatian page (Mijanmar; Mianmar; Burma; Mjanmar; Mjanma; Unija Mjanmar) Hungarian page (Mianmari Államszövetség Köztársasága) Japanese page (ミャンマー = Myanmā) Korean page (미얀마 = Miyanma; 버마 = Bŏma) Chinese page (缅甸 = Miandian)
    • found: Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ Sammata Ūʺ Sinʻʺ Cinʻ pro krāʺ khaiʹ saññʻʹ redīyui minʻʹ khvanʻʺ myāʺ, 2015:t.p. (Praññʻ thoṅʻ cu Sammata Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ; Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ)
    • found: Wikipedia, July 25, 2018(Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia; 22°N 96°E)
    • found: The world factbook, via WWW, July 25, 2018(Burma. Location: Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand. Geographic coordinates: 22 00 N, 98 00 E. Conventional long form: Union of Burma. Conventional short form: Burma. Local long form: Pyidaungzu Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw (translated as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar). Local short form: Myanma Naingngandaw. Former: Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma, Union of Myanmar)
    • found: Myanmar's National Unity Government foreign policy agenda and approach, 2022:title page (National Unity Government) page 3, etc. (National Unity Government of Myanmar; a parallel civilian government, the National Unity Government (NUG) was established in April 2021; NUG was formed out of a coalition of ousted National League for Democracy Party (NLD) politicians, activists, and representatives of several ethnic minority groups, based on the Federal Democracy Charter that was adopted in February 2021 by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, a body of lawmakers, largely from the NLD, in the wake of military takeover)
    • found: National Unity Government of Myanmar official website, viewed January 12, 2023(National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is the only and legitimate Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar formed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw-CRPH with the authority bestowed by the People's mandate of the all parties' democractic election held in 2020 in discussion with National Unity Consultative Council)
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    • 1980-07-24: new
    • 2023-01-11: revised
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