RANGOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rangoon mean? 

• RANGOON (noun)
  The noun RANGOON has 1 sense:

1. the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta

  Familiarity information: RANGOON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RANGOON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Rangoon; Yangon

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Rangoon" is a part of...):

Burma; Myanmar; Union of Burma (a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal)