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lon·gyi  (lngg, lng-)
n.
Variant of lungi.
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Noun1.longyi - a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma
lungi, lungyi
piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric


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A Rangoon teashop where, at night, servers sleep in a "tangled pile of arms, legs, and longyi," the Burmese sarong.
Regime unchanged: how Burma's ruling junta has endured by Kurlantzick, Joshua / Washington Monthly
But global fashions attract growing numbers of the younger generation who can afford them, so much so that college authorities have imposed a mandatory dress code on university students, requiring them to wear traditional Myanmar longyis or be barred from campus.
The state and the city: 1988 and the transformation of Rangoon by Seekins, Donald M. / Pacific Affairs
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