Where does “Rangoon” come from?

Rangoon is the English name for Burmese ရန်ကုန်, a city whose etymology within Burmese remains unclear.

Rangoon (English): Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar before Naypyidaw was made the capital in 2006

Definitions

  1. Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar before Naypyidaw was made the capital in 2006

Ancestry of “Rangoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရန်ကုန်—
2Burmeseရန်quarrel; in order to, so as to
3Burmeseရည်liquid, fluid; to aim

Words derived from “Rangoon”

Every word from Burmese ရည် →Every word from Burmese ရန် →Every word from Burmese ရန်ကုန် →