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15 character Burma (Myanmar)
30 character Burma (Myanmar)
Definition: Identification > 30 character
Country name	Burma
Definition: Identification > Country name
Country name > Conventional long form	Union of Burma
Definition: Identification > Country name > Conventional long form
Country name > Conventional short form	Burma
Definition: Identification > Country name > Conventional short form
Country name > Former Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
Definition: Identification > Country name > Former
Country name > Local long form Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar)
Definition: Identification > Country name > Local long form
Country name > Local short form	Myanma Naingngandaw
Definition: Identification > Country name > Local short form
Country name > Note since 1989 the military authorities in Burma have promoted the name Myanmar as a conventional name for their state; this decision was not approved by any sitting legislature in Burma, and the US Government did not adopt the name, which is a derivative of the Burmese short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw
Definition: Identification > Country name > Note
ISO code	104
Definition: Identification > ISO code
ISO long	MMR
Definition: Identification > ISO long
ISO short	MM
Definition: Identification > ISO short
Native names	Myanma Naingngandaw
Definition: Identification > Native names
Oceanographic code	12
Definition: Identification > Oceanographic code
Translation > Catalan	Myanmar
Definition: Identification > Translation > Catalan
Translation > French	Myanmar
Definition: Identification > Translation > French
Translation > German	Myanmar
Definition: Identification > Translation > German
Translation > Italian	Myanmar
Definition: Identification > Translation > Italian
Translation > Portugese	Myanma
Definition: Identification > Translation > Portugese
UN code	104
Definition: Identification > UN code

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