# Myanmar

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmjɑnˌmɑɹ/ · frequency rank #9,501

## Definitions
1. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw.
2. The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country of Myanmar.
3. The script in which the Myanmar language is written.

## Etymology
Borrowed, initially into British English, from Burmese မြန်မာ (mranma), the formal Burmese name of the main ethnic group in Myanmar; ဗမာ (ba.ma), from which Burma is derived, is the informal name. Both Burmese terms are also adjectives meaning "Burmese" (related to Myanmar/Burma, its, people, language, etc). Like in the word Burma, the r was not originally pronounced (and is not present in the Burmese term), it is a vowel-lengthening device used by non-rhotic (British) dialects; compare gorm.

## Common misspellings (11)
`maynmar`, `mmyanmar`, `myamnar`, `myanamr`, `myanmarr`, `myanmmar`, `myanmra`, `myannmar`, `mynamar`, `myyanmar`, `ymanmar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/myanmar