Words similar to myanmar

Example sentences for: myanmar

How can you use “myanmar” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

) Today, the U.S. is one of only three countries--along with Myanmar and Liberia--where the metric system is not commonly used.
The seizure last week of the Myanmar (Burma) Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, by pro-democracy protestors "achieved precious little to advance the cause of the hobbled pro-democracy movement in that benighted country," the Straits Times of Singapore said in an editorial.
The gunmen demanded that the Myanmar military regime release its political prisoners and start a dialogue with dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and that the parliament elected in 1990 be allowed to convene.
"Myanmar, arguably one of the world's harshest military regimes, is bound to crack down even harder on political dissidents after what happened," the paper argued, adding that Burmese dissidents could now lose their safe haven in Thailand since the sympathetic Thai government cannot be seen to support terrorist groups.
In the case of Côte d'Ivoire and Myanmar, well read individuals and others who pride themselves on being up to date and informed (and therefore especially susceptible to “PC-itis”) will use the new terms, but with a certain amount of distaste.