Where does “Mandalay” come from?

Mandalay comes from Burmese မန္တလေး, derived from Burmese မန္တလေးတောင်, though the ultimate origin and meaning remain unclear.

Ancestry of “Mandalay”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	မန္တလေး	—
2	Burmese	မန္တလေးတောင်	{{w\|Mandalay Hill}}

Mandalay — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer