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Nay Pyi Taw

noun

  1. the capital of Myanmar (Burma) as of 2006, located in the country's central plains.


Nay Pyi Taw

/ ˈneɪ ˈpjiː ˈtaʊ /

noun

  1. the official capital of Myanmar (Burma), built in the centre of the country near Pyinmana in 2005–2006, and superseding Yangon (Rangoon) for main government functions. Pop: officially approaching 1 000 000 in 2007
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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In the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, she works at getting a meeting with the country’s military junta, which has banned Facebook.

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Before we arrived in Kyaukse, we had been in the capital, Nay Pyi Taw.

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On Saturday night, an elderly woman was rescued in Myanmar's capital, Nay Pyi Taw, after being trapped for 36 hours under the rubble of a hospital.

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This is near the city of Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city with a population of about 1.5 million people, and about 100km north of the capital Nay Pyi Taw.

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The entrance to the emergency department of a hospital in Nay Pyi Taw was damaged as casualties received medical attention in the compound.

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