Preferred Label : myanmar;
MeSH definition : A republic of southeast Asia, northwest of Thailand, long familiar as Burma. Its capital
is Yangon, formerly Rangoon. Inhabited by people of Mongolian stock and probably of
Tibetan origin, by the 3d century A.D. it was settled by Hindus. The modern Burmese
state was founded in the 18th century but was in conflict with the British during
the 19th century. Made a crown colony of Great Britain in 1937, it was granted independence
in 1947. In 1989 it became Myanmar. The name comes from myanma, meaning the strong,
as applied to the Burmese people themselves. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary,
1988, p192 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p367);
MeSH synonym : myanma; burma;
MeSH annotation : capital Rangoon became Yangon when Burma became Myanmar in 1989.;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar;
Origin ID : D002052;
UMLS CUI : C0006416;
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A republic of southeast Asia, northwest of Thailand, long familiar as Burma. Its capital
is Yangon, formerly Rangoon. Inhabited by people of Mongolian stock and probably of
Tibetan origin, by the 3d century A.D. it was settled by Hindus. The modern Burmese
state was founded in the 18th century but was in conflict with the British during
the 19th century. Made a crown colony of Great Britain in 1937, it was granted independence
in 1947. In 1989 it became Myanmar. The name comes from myanma, meaning the strong,
as applied to the Burmese people themselves. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary,
1988, p192 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p367)
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