Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital of Myanmar (Burma), in the south-central part of the country north of Yangon (Rangoon). Naypyidaw was established as the country's new capital in 2006.
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- proper noun The national capital (since 2005) of
Myanmar (Burma ), located in Pyinmana Township,Mandalay Division (approximately 320 kilometres north ofYangon ).
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Examples
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It did continue the massively expensive construction of a closed-off capital city for the government and its workers called Naypyidaw, complete with a zoo and climate-controlled penguin tank.
The New York Public Library: Everything Is Broken: Three Years After the Burmese Cyclone, the Stories Still Hit Home The New York Public Library 2011
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Most of the ministries are about a 12-hour drive north of where we are in a new city called Naypyidaw, Yangon is no longer capital city of Myanmar, formerly Burma.
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On Sunday, November 6, 2005 civil servants and government officials were ordered to move immediately from Rangoon to a new capital, Nay Pyi Taw (also known as Naypyidaw), 200 miles north.
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Then, according to the report, he will head off to "the secretive, new capital Naypyidaw, where he will meet the president-elect Thein Sein as well as the football-mad military supremo, Than Shwe".
Fifa hopeful Mohamed bin Hammam flattered by anti-Sepp Blatter chatter | Digger | Matt Scott 2011
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Hague is due to fly into the capital, Naypyidaw, to meet the Burmese leadership, including the new president, Thein Sein.
Aung San Suu Kyi calls for change as Hague makes historic visit to Burma 2012
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Aung San Suu Kyi stayed in the administrative capital of Naypyidaw overnight and attended a government-sponsored economic development forum Saturday morning.
Burma's Democracy Leader Encouraged by Meeting With President 2011
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Aung San Suu Kyi stayed in the administrative capital of Naypyidaw overnight and attended a government-sponsored economic development forum Saturday morning.
Burma's Democracy Leader Encouraged by Meeting With President 2011
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Change is coming to Burma, or at least that's the message coming out of Naypyidaw.
Matthew Smith: In Burma, Political Survival Means Doing the Right Thing, for Now Matthew Smith 2011
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But when, during the first visit of a British foreign secretary for 56 years, William Hague flew last week from the new capital of Naypyidaw down to Rangoon, he would have passed over thousands of settlements like it.
In Burma's villages, floods and power cuts mean more than reform 2012
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Naypyidaw, with its 12-lane highways and monumental architecture, has been carved out of scrub and farmland as a monument to the power of the autocratic and secretive military clique that has ruled Burma for decades – a power that now appears to be waning, or at least evolving.
In Burma's villages, floods and power cuts mean more than reform 2012
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