Burmese Definition

bər-mēz, -mēs
adjective
Of Burma (Myanmar) or its people, language, or culture.
Webster's New World
noun
A native or inhabitant of Myanmar.
American Heritage
A person born or living in Burma (Myanmar)
Webster's New World
Any of a breed of domestic cat, originating in Burma, with a short, glossy, dark brown coat and round, yellow eyes: coats of several other colors are found in European varieties.
Webster's New World
The Tibeto-Burman language of the Burmese.
Webster's New World
pronoun
The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country Myanmar. Also known as Myanmar (which is the name preferred by the country's current government).
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Origin of Burmese

  • from Burma +‎ -ese

    From Wiktionary

Burmese Sentence Examples

  • Burmite is the name under which the Burmese amber is now described.

  • In 1824 Port Cornwallis was the rendezvous of the fleet carrying the army to the first Burmese war.

  • Most of the Burmese amber is worked at Mandalay into rosary-beads and ear-cylinders.

  • It is known that to the TibetoChinese modifications of the pure Mongolian type all the eastern Burmese tribes - Chins, Kachins, Shans, &c. - belong (as indeed do the Burmese themselves), and that a cognate race occupies the Himalaya to the eastern limits of Kashmir.

  • The early history consists largely of conflicts between the Burmese and Talaings.

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Words Starting With

BBUBUR

Words Ending With

ESEESE

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