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History of Rangoon


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Etymology

Yangon is a combination of the two words yan and koun which mean "enemies" and "run out of" respectively. It is also translated as "End of Strife". "Rangoon" most likely comes from the British imitation of the pronunciation of "Yangon" in the Rakhine dialect (Arakanese) of Burmese.

History

Early history

Yangon was

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