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Pyay

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Pyay (ပြန်,; also known as Prome and Payagyi) is principal town of Pyay Township in the Bago Region in Myanmar. [1]

44 relations: Administrative divisions of Myanmar, Arakan Mountains, Bago Region, Battle of Prome, Battle of Prome (1942), Brown sugar, Burmese language, Catechu, Computer University, Pyay, D. G. E. Hall, Districts of Myanmar, Gordon Luce, Hinthada District, House of Al Thani, Htin Aung, Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, Irrawaddy River, Köppen climate classification, List of capitals of Myanmar, List of sovereign states, Lower Myanmar, Myanmar, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pagoda, Paungde Township, Pegu Range, Pyay District, Pyay Technological University, Pyay Township, Pyu city-states, Rice, Sanskrit, Second Anglo-Burmese War, Sericulture, Shwedaung, Shwesandaw Pagoda (Pyay), Teak, Tharrawaddy District, Townships of Myanmar, Tropical savanna climate, Upper Myanmar, Xuanzang, Yangon, Yijing (monk).

Administrative divisions of Myanmar

Myanmar is divided into twenty-one administrative subdivisions, which include: The regions were called divisions prior to August 2010, and five of them are named after their capital city, the exceptions being Ayeyarwady Region and Tanintharyi Region.

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Arakan Mountains

The Arakan Mountains (Arakan Range, Rakhine Range, Rakhine Yoma, Arakan Yoma, Rakhine Roma, Arakan Roma; ရခိုင်ရိုးမ) is a mountain range in western Burma (Myanmar), between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Burma Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River.

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Bago Region

Bago Region (ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး,; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country.

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Battle of Prome

The battle of Prome was a land-based battle between the Kingdom of Burma and the British Empire that took place near the city of Prome, modern day Pyay, in 1825 as part of the First Anglo-Burmese War.

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Battle of Prome (1942)

The Battle of Prome (pyay-1942) was a battle in the Japanese conquest of Burma.

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Brown sugar

Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses.

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Burmese language

The Burmese language (မြန်မာဘာသာ, MLCTS: mranmabhasa, IPA) is the official language of Myanmar.

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Catechu

Catechu is an extract of acacia trees used variously as a food additive, astringent, tannin, and dye.

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Computer University, Pyay

The Computer University, Pyay (ကွန်ပျူတာတက္ကသိုလ်(ပြည်)), is a university in Pyay, Bago Region, Myanmar, offering courses in computer science and information technology.

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D. G. E. Hall

Daniel George Edward Hall (1891-1979) was a British historian, author, and academic.

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Districts of Myanmar

Districts (ခရိုင်) are the second-level administrative divisions of Myanmar.

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Gordon Luce

Gordon Hannington Luce was a colonial scholar in Burma.

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Hinthada District

Hinthada District (ဟင်္သာတခရိုင်; formerly Henzada District) is a district of Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar.

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House of Al Thani

The House of Thani (translit) is the ruling family of Qatar, whose origins can be traced back to Al-Maadeed of the Banu Tamim tribal confederation.

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Htin Aung

Htin Aung (ထင်အောင်; also Maung Htin Aung; 18 May 1909 – 10 May 1978) was an important author and scholar of Burmese culture and history.

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Irrawaddy Flotilla Company

The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company (IFC) was a passenger and cargo ferry company, which operated services on the Irrawaddy River in Burma, now Myanmar.

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Irrawaddy River

The Irrawaddy River or Ayeyarwady River (also spelt Ayeyarwaddy) is a river that flows from north to south through Myanmar.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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List of capitals of Myanmar

The current capital of Myanmar (Burma) is Naypyidaw.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Lower Myanmar

Lower Burma (အောက်မြန်မာပြည်, also called Outer Myanmar) is a geographic region of Burma (Myanmar) and includes the low-lying Irrawaddy delta (Ayeyarwady, Bago and Yangon Regions), as well as coastal regions of the country (Rakhine and Mon States and Tanintharyi Region).

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; pronounced, like "Noah") is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

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Pagoda

A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves, built in traditions originating as stupa in historic South Asia and further developed in East Asia or with respect to those traditions, common to Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka and other parts of Asia.

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Paungde Township

Paungde Township is a township in Pyay District in the Bago Region of Burma.

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Pegu Range

The Pegu Range (ပဲခူးရိုးမ, Pegu Yoma or Bago Yoma) is a range of low mountains or hillsSeekins, Donald M. (2006) Historical dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland,, and uplands between the Irrawaddy and the Sittaung River in central Burma (Myanmar).

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Pyay District

Pyay District (ပြည်ခရိုင်) is a district of the Bago Region in central Burma (Myanmar).

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Pyay Technological University

Pyay Technological University (PTU) (ပြည် နည်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်), in Pyay, is one of three senior engineering universities in Myanmar.

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Pyay Township

Pyay Township or Prome Township is a township in Pyay District in the Bago Region of Burma.

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Pyu city-states

The Pyu city states (ပျူ မြို့ပြ နိုင်ငံများ) were a group of city-states that existed from c. 2nd century BCE to c. mid-11th century in present-day Upper Burma (Myanmar).

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Rice

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice).

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Second Anglo-Burmese War

The Second Anglo-Burmese War or the Second Burma War (ဒုတိယ အင်္ဂလိပ် မြန်မာ စစ်; 5 April 185220 January 1853) was the second of the three wars fought between the Burmese and British forces during the 19th century, with the outcome of the gradual extinction of Burmese sovereignty and independence.

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Sericulture

Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk.

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Shwedaung

Shwedaung is a town in Kalewa Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma.

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Shwesandaw Pagoda (Pyay)

The Shwesandaw Pagoda, or Shwesandaw Paya, (ရွှေဆံတော်ဘုရား) is a Buddhist pagoda in the center of Pyay, Burma.

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Teak

Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical hardwood tree species placed in the flowering plant family Lamiaceae.

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Tharrawaddy District

Tharrawaddy or Thayarwady District (သာယာဝတီခရိုင်) is a district of the Bago Division in central Burma (Myanmar).

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Townships of Myanmar

Townships (မြို့နယ်) are the third-level administrative divisions of Myanmar.

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Tropical savanna climate

Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a type of climate that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories "Aw" and "As".

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Upper Myanmar

Upper Burma (အထက်မြန်မာပြည်, also called Real Myanmar) refers to a geographic region of Burma (Myanmar), traditionally encompassing Mandalay and its periphery (modern Mandalay, Sagaing, Magway Regions), or more broadly speaking, Kachin and Shan States.

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Xuanzang

Xuanzang (fl. c. 602 – 664) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who travelled to India in the seventh century and described the interaction between Chinese Buddhism and Indian Buddhism during the early Tang dynasty.

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Yangon

Yangon (ရန်ကုန်မြို့, MLCTS rankun mrui,; formerly known as Rangoon, literally: "End of Strife") was the capital of the Yangon Region of Myanmar, also known as Burma.

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Yijing (monk)

Yijing (635–713 CE) was a Tang dynasty Chinese Buddhist monk originally named Zhang Wenming.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyay

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