burma

Other forms of burma

plural

burmas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about burma

What does burma mean?

burma means "a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal".

How many syllables are in burma?

burma has 2 syllables: bur-ma. The stress falls on "bur". In IPA it is /ˈbɝmə/.

What is another word for burma?

Close synonyms include Myanmar, Union of Burma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burma a common word?

burma is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.