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Rangoon

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Ran·goon  (rn-gn, rng-)
See Yangon.
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Noun1.RangoonRangoon - the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta
Yangon
Burma, Myanmar, Union of Burma - a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar"
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Rangoon [ræŋˈguːn] n → Rangún m
Rangoon [ræŋˈguːn] n → Rangoon
Rangoon [ræŋˈguːn] n → Rangun nt
Rangoon [ræŋˈguːn] n → Rangun f


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But in the great Indian famine of the seventies that ship, already old then, made some wonderful dashes across the Gulf of Bengal with cargoes of rice from Rangoon to Madras.
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The Rangoon was moored half a mile off in the harbour, its signal of departure hoisted at the mast-head.
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To Ceylon for orders, and from Ceylon to Rangoon to load rice for Rio Janeiro.
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