Yangon

Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်, MLCTS rankun mrui, pronounced: [jàɴɡòʊɴ mjo̰]; also known as Rangoon, literally: "End of Strife") is a former capital of Myanmar (Burma) and the capital of Yangon Region. It also served as the Capital in Exile of Azad Hind. Yangon is the country's largest city with a population of over five million, and is the most important commercial centre, although the military government officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw in March 2006.

Although Yangon's infrastructure is undeveloped compared to those of other major cities in south-east Asia, it has the largest number of colonial buildings in the region today. While many high-rise residential and commercial buildings have been constructed or renovated throughout downtown and Greater Yangon in the past two decades, most satellite towns that ring the city continue to be deeply impoverished.

Etymology

Yangon (ရန်ကုန်) is a combination of the two words yan (ရန်) and koun (ကုန်), which mean "enemies" and "run out of" respectively. It is also translated as "End of Strife". "Rangoon" most likely comes from the British imitation of the pronunciation of "Yangon" in the Arakanese language, which is [rɔ̀ɴɡʊ́ɴ].

Rangoon (disambiguation)

Rangoon refers to the city of Yangon, also known as Rangoon, the former capital city of Burma.

It may also refer to several things whose names are related to or derived from the city:

See also

Rangoon (2016 film)

Rangoon is an upcoming Hindi period romance drama film, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The project is a period film set during world war two. It stars Saif Ali Khan, Shahid Kapoor, and Kangana Ranaut in lead roles. Also, Kangana Ranaut will be traveling to New York City to research her role, and will head to an island in Mexico to learn solo living. The film is scheduled for release on September 30, 2016.

Plot

Rangoon is a Casablanca-like love triangle set against the backdrop of the Second World War.

Cast

Shooting

The film's shooting began on 18 November 2015 in Arunachal Pradesh. Many junior artists from Japan joined the crew for the first shift. As of January 17 the film shooting has been halted due to an injury to Shahid Kapoor and a Japanese artist.

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