Where does “仰光” come from?

仰光 (Chinese) comes from Burmese ရန်ကုန်, from Burmese ရန်, from Burmese ရည် — liquid, fluid; to aim.

Ancestry of “仰光”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရန်ကုန်—
2Burmeseရန်quarrel; in order to, so as to
3Burmeseရည်liquid, fluid; to aim
Every word from Burmese ရည် →Every word from Burmese ရန် →Every word from Burmese ရန်ကုန် →
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