Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yangon

/jɑŋˈɡɑn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: yan-gon
IPA: /jɑŋˈɡɑn/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The largest city and former capital of Myanmar; formerly, Rangoon (19th–21st c.), Dagon (16th–18th c.), and Dagoon (rare).

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun), pronounced /jàɴɡòʊɴ/ in standard Burmese.

Word Breakdown

Root: ရန်ကုန်

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /jɑŋˈɡɑn/
British English: /jæŋˈɡɒn/

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce yangon?: The recorded pronunciation is /jɑŋˈɡɑn/.
What does yangon mean?: The largest city and former capital of Myanmar; formerly, Rangoon (19th–21st c.), Dagon (16th–18th c.), and Dagoon (rare).
Where does yangon come from?: Borrowed from Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun), pronounced /jàɴɡòʊɴ/ in standard Burmese.

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