Where does “Yangon” come from?
Yangon comes from Burmese ရန်ကုန်, a city name of uncertain origin and meaning.
Ancestry of “Yangon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | ရန်ကုန် | — |
| 2 | Burmese | ရန် | quarrel; in order to, so as to |
| 3 | Burmese | ရည် | liquid, fluid; to aim |