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- It was known abroad as Rangoon until 1989, when the government of Myanmar requested that Yangon, a transliteration reflecting the Burmese pronunciation of the city’s name, be used by other countries.
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After World War I, Yangon became the center of the Burmese independence movement, with leftist Rangoon University students leading the way. Three nationwide strikes against British rule in 1920, 1936, and 1938 all began in Yangon.
6 days ago · When King Alaungpaya (who founded the last dynasty of Myanmar kings) conquered southern Myanmar in the mid-1750s, he developed Dagon as a port and renamed it Yangon (“The End of Strife”), a name that was later transliterated as Rangoon by Arakanese interpreters accompanying the British. By the early 19th century the town had a thriving ...
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try, Alaungpaya renamed Dagon (in 1755) Yangon, which in Burmese means "the end of strife". Since Alaungpaya's time, the name Yangon has been used for the city by all Myanmar. The name Rangoon is an Anglicized version of Yangon. Given this background, it can be said that
Yangon was known abroad as Rangoon until 1989. In that year the country’s official English name was changed to Myanmar, and the government requested that the name Yangon, a transliteration that reflects the Burmese pronunciation, be used for the city.
But in mid-2011, as the reform period began, the building was repainted a pristine white with lilac accents to highlight its ornamentation, and the interior was painstakingly restored to splendor, down to the carved wooden public message boards that still read “Corporation of Rangoon,” the official name of the colonial municipality.
Yangon , formerly Rangoon, City (pop., 2007 prelim.: 4,090,000), principal port, and historical capital of Myanmar (Burma), on the Yangon River. It was a fishing village until the present city was founded in the mid-1750s by King Alaungpaya; he developed it as a port.
Apr 23, 2024 · Rangoon, the former capital of Myanmar (formerly Burma), changed its name to Yangon in 1989. The change was a result of a request made by the government of Myanmar to reflect the Burmese pronunciation of the city’s name.
