Mandalay

(mandə lā′, man′də lā)

city in central Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy River: pop. 533,000

See Mandalay in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of central Myanmar (Burma) on the Irrawaddy River north of Yangon. Capital of the kingdom of Burma from 1860 to 1885, when it was annexed by the British, it was heavily damaged in World War II. Population: 1,200,000.

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