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    Yangon (redirect from Rangoon, Myanmar)
    Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်; pronounced [jàɰ̃.ɡòʊɰ̃]), formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also...
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    Crab Rangoon, sometimes called crab puffs, crab rangoon puffs, cheese wontons, or cream cheese rangoons, are filled crisp dumpling appetizers served primarily...
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  • Rangoon Rowdy is a 1979 Telugu drama film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao and produced by Vadde Sobhanadri under Vijaya Madhavi Pictures. The film was...
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  • The Rangoon bombing of 9 October 1983, was an assassination attempt against Chun Doo-hwan, the fifth president of South Korea, in Rangoon, Burma. The...
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    Hans Florian Zimmer (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈfloːʁi̯aːn ˈtsɪmɐ] ; born 12 September 1957) is a German-born American film score composer and music...
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  • Rangoon or Yangon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rangoon, or Yangon, is the former capital city of Myanmar. Rangoon may also refer to: Rangoon (2017...
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  • Rangoon is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romantic war drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures...
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  • Beyond Rangoon is a 1995 drama film directed by John Boorman about Laura Bowman (played by Patricia Arquette), an American tourist who vacations in the...
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    of Rangoon Mean Time (RMT) at GMT+6:24:40 being in use was in 1892, a year before the country's first time ball observatory was opened in Rangoon (Yangon)...
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  • The Rangoon Times was an English-language weekly newspaper published in Rangoon, Burma during British rule. It was published from 1854 until British expulsion...
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  • တက္ကသိုလ်, pronounced [jàɰ̃ɡòʊɰ̃ tɛʔkəθò]; formerly Rangoon College, Rangoon University and Rangoon Arts and Sciences University), located in Kamayut,...
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  • 8888 Uprising (redirect from Rangoon Spring)
    organised largely by university students at the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University and the Rangoon Institute of Technology. Since 1962, the Burma Socialist...
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    Battle of Elephant Point was an airborne operation at the mouth of the Rangoon River conducted by a composite Gurkha airborne battalion that took place...
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  • Rangoon is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action crime film written and directed by Rajkumar Periasamy in his directoral debut and produced by A. R. Murugadoss...
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  • 1930, in the city of Rangoon 1931 Rangoon riots, anti-Chinese riots led by Burmese mobs erupted in Rangoon's Chinatown 1938 Rangoon riots, anti-Muslim riots...
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    The Short S.8/8 Rangoon was a 1930s British three-engined biplane flying boat, designed and built by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force. In 1929,...
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    Operation Dracula was a World War II-airborne and amphibious attack on Rangoon by British and Anglo-Indian forces during the Burma Campaign. The plan...
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    The 1930 Rangoon riots were a pair of race riots between Indian dockworkers and Burman labourers. The first broke out on 26 May near the Rangoon docks....
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    and fighter cover could now be provided for every bombing raid on Rangoon." Rangoon was initially defended relatively successfully against Japanese air...
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  • The Rangoon Development Trust (RDT) was as an organization founded in 1920 by way of the Rangoon Development Trust Act. The Trust oversaw town planning...
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    Combretum indicum, also commonly known as the Rangoon creeper or Burma creeper, is a vine with red flower clusters which is native to tropical Asia and...
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    MU330 (redirect from Crab Rangoon (album))
    continues to perform live sporadically across the United States. "MU330 "Crab Rangoon" CD/LP". Asian Man Records. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011...
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    rankun tuing desa. kri:, pronounced [jàɰ̃ɡòʊɰ̃ táɪɰ̃ dèθa̰ dʑí]; formerly Rangoon Division and Yangon Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar. Located...
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    Yangon River (redirect from Rangoon River)
    The Yangon River (also known as the Rangoon River or Hlaing River) is formed by the confluence of the Pegu and Myitmaka Rivers in Myanmar. It is a marine...
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  • Yangon Tram (redirect from Rangoon tram)
    of running. In British Burma, Rangoon's first tramway was built in 1884. The three standard gauge routes of the Rangoon Steam Tramway Company opened on...
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  • The Sun (Burmese: သူရိယ သတင်းစာ; pronounced [θùɹḭja̰ ðədɪ́ɰ̃zà]) was a Burmese language newspaper published in Burma. "Thuriya" is a Burmanized form of...
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    Myanmar at peak intensity and, after passing near the major city of Yangon (Rangoon), the storm gradually weakened until dissipating near the border of Myanmar...
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    Established as Department of Engineering under Rangoon University in 1924, and popularly known by its former name Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT), YTU is...
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    Lima bean (redirect from Rangoon bean)
    A lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), also commonly known as butter bean, sieva bean, double bean or Madagascar bean, is a legume grown for its edible seeds...
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  • lyricist who works in Tamil-language films. He is known for his role in Rangoon (2017). Lallu started his career as an actor by acting in several short...
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