BURMA Definition & Meaning

Burma

[ bur-muh ]

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a country in Southeast Asia, renamed Myanmar in 1989.

Burma

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noun

the former official name (until 1989, though still widely used) of Myanmar

Burma

Republic in Southeast Asia , now officially known as Myanmar , bordered by Bangladesh , India , and the Bay of Bengal to the west; China to the north and northeast; Laos and Thailand to the east; and the Andaman Sea to the south. Rangoon is its capital and largest city.

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See Myanmar.

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Run by its military in the 1970s and 1980s, Burma saw its economy decline. Free elections in 1990 were won by the main opposition party, but the military government refused to relinquish its powers.

During World War II , the Allies and Japanese troops fought intense campaigns over control of the Burma Road, a vital supply link between China and India.

Under British control until 1948, it then became an independent republic.

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The Himalayas were formed by the Indian plate colliding with the Eurasian plate, and the 2004 Tsunami as a result of the Indian plate moving beneath the Burma microplate.

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Getting information out of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is difficult.

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But that soldier caught me and threatened to take me to Burma Camp, the notorious military base where people had disappeared in the past.

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Those terminations were stalled in court, and when President Biden took office he reversed course and expanded protections to include people from additional countries, such as Venezuela, Ukraine, Ethiopia and Burma.

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“Myanmar is broken now… The soldier of Burma are enemy for me because they have no mercy... My future is People Defence Force and I like it,” it read.

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