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MeSH Heading: Myanmar
Tree Number(s): Z01.252.145.570
Unique ID: D002052
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002052
Annotation: capital Rangoon became Yangon when Burma became Myanmar in 1989.
Scope Note: 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)
Entry Term(s): Burma; Myanma
Online Note: use MYANMAR to search BURMA 1968-92
History Note: 93; was BURMA 1968-92
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1995/06/08

Concept UI: M0003059
Scope Note: 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)
Terms: Myanmar Preferred Term
Term UI T005825
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID POPLINE (1986); Burma
Term UI T005824
Date09/26/1991
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Myanma
Term UI T005826
Date09/26/1991
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1993)

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