Definitions
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- noun A
sarong -likegarment worn around the waist
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma
Etymologies
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Examples
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Prime Minister Lt.Gen. Thein Sein, shedding his military uniform for the sarong-like "longyi" and traditional jacket, said international aid "with no strings attached" was welcome but only civilian vessels could take part in the aid operation.
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Many of them had worn white shirt & longyi, so when we looked at them from far away, everyone was white.
Global Voices in English » Myanmar: 150th Anniversary of the Founding of Mandalay City 2009
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Just as my partner and I immediately donned, on arrival in Mandalay, the Burmese longyi, the wrapped and folded cloth kilt or skirt that Burmese men and women wear.
Archive 2009-02-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009
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Just as my partner and I immediately donned, on arrival in Mandalay, the Burmese longyi, the wrapped and folded cloth kilt or skirt that Burmese men and women wear.
A Letter from Alice Walker to Aung San Suu Kyi Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009
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Sitting alone in her office, Suu Kyi wore a turquoise longyi, a Burmese sarong, and a pale side-buttoned blouse with embroidered flowers.
Democracy leader Suu Kyi urges 'real genuine talks' in Burma Steve Finch 2010
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Sitting alone in her office, Suu Kyi wore a turquoise longyi, a Burmese sarong, and a pale side-buttoned blouse with embroidered flowers.
Democracy leader Suu Kyi urges 'real genuine talks' in Burma Steve Finch 2010
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During our conversation, he sat erect and cross-legged on a raised platform, wearing a longyi.
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During our conversation, he sat erect and cross-legged on a raised platform, wearing a longyi.
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Although he wears a traditional Myanmar sarong-like longyi, he also sports angular glasses and a silver-colored Titoni Swiss watch.
Myanmar Opposition Group Has New Tack: Cooperation Wall Street Journal Reporters 2010
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A smiling young Shan fisherman in a traditional skirt, or longyi, took them across the mist-shrouded Lake Inle in his wooden boat.
Too Good To Be True 2008
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