หงสาวดี

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Thai[edit]

A statue of the two swans at Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Bago, Myanmar.

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

Etymology[edit]

From Burmese ဟံသာဝတီ (hamsawa.ti), from Pali haṃsāvatī (literally “she who has swans”), from the legend that two swans were seen at the place by Gautama Buddha, who then gave a prophecy that a city would be established there.

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicหงสาวดี
h ŋ s ā w ɗ ī
Phonemic
หง-สา-วะ-ดี
h ŋ – s ā – w a – ɗ ī
RomanizationPaiboonhǒng-sǎa-wá-dii
Royal Institutehong-sa-wa-di
(standard) IPA(key)/hoŋ˩˩˦.saː˩˩˦.wa˦˥.diː˧/(R)

Proper noun[edit]

หงสาวดี • (hǒng-sǎa-wá-dii)

  1. (historical) Hanthawaddy (the former name of Bago, a city in Myanmar)
  2. (historical) Hanthawaddy (a former Mon kingdom based in this city)
  3. (historical) Toungoo (a former Burmese kingdom based in this city)

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