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Sagaing, the Glossary

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  1. 37 relations: Administrative divisions of Myanmar, Arakan Mountains, Bay of Bengal, Buddhism, Burmese pagoda, Chittagong, Devonshire Regiment, Fief, Inwa, Irrawaddy Bridge, Irrawaddy River, Kaunghmudaw Pagoda, Köppen climate classification, Kingdom of Ava, Kyaung, List of capitals of Myanmar, Mandalay, Maurice Collis, Ming dynasty, Mitford family, Myanmar, Myanmar Standard Time, Naungdawgyi, Pagan Kingdom, Pinya, Sagaing Institute of Education, Sagaing Kingdom, Sagaing Region, Sagaing Township, Shwebo, Sithu Kyawhtin, Thihathu, Tom Mitford, Trials in Burma, Tropical savanna climate, World Meteorological Organization, Zhu Youlang.

  2. Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar

Administrative divisions of Myanmar

Myanmar is divided into 21 administrative divisions, which include seven regions, seven states, one union territory, one self-administered division, and five self-administered zones.

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Arakan Mountains

The Arakan Mountains, natively referred as Rakhine Yoma (ရခိုင်ရိုးမ) and technically known as the Southern Indo-Burman Range, are a mountain range in western Myanmar, between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Myanmar Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River.

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Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Burmese pagoda

Burmese pagodas are stupas that typically house Buddhist relics, including relics associated with Buddha.

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Chittagong

Chittagong, officially Chattogram (Côṭṭôgrām, Chittagonian: চাটগাঁও Sāṭgão), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh.

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Devonshire Regiment

The Devonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War.

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Fief

A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.

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Inwa

Inwa (or; also spelled Innwa; formerly known as Ava), located in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, is an ancient imperial capital of successive Burmese kingdoms from the 14th to 19th centuries. Sagaing and Inwa are township capitals of Myanmar.

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Irrawaddy Bridge

The Irrawaddy Bridge (Yadanabon) (also Ayeyarwady Bridge, Yadanabon Bridge, Yadanar Pone Bridge or New Ava Bridge) is a bridge in Mandalay, Myanmar.

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Irrawaddy River

The Irrawaddy River (ဧရာဝတီမြစ်,, Ayeyarwady) is the largest river in Myanmar.

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Kaunghmudaw Pagoda

The Kaunghmudaw Pagoda (ကောင်းမှုတော် ဘုရား; Yaza Mani Sula Kaunghmudaw; Rājamaṇicūḷā) is a large Buddhist pagoda on the northwestern outskirts of Sagaing in central Myanmar (Burma).

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kingdom of Ava

The Kingdom of Ava (အင်းဝခေတ်) was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma (Myanmar) from 1365 to 1555.

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Kyaung

A kyaung is a monastery (vihara), comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Buddhist monks.

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List of capitals of Myanmar

The current capital of Myanmar (Burma) is Naypyidaw.

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Mandalay

Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Sagaing and Mandalay are township capitals of Myanmar.

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Maurice Collis

Maurice Stewart Collis (10 January 1889 – 12 January 1973) was an administrator in Burma (Myanmar) when it was part of the British Empire, and afterwards a writer on Southeast Asia, China and other historical subjects.

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Ming dynasty

The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.

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Mitford family

The Mitford family is an aristocratic English family whose principal line had its seats at Mitford, Northumberland.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Myanmar Standard Time

Myanmar Standard Time (မြန်မာ စံတော်ချိန်), formerly Burma Standard Time (BST), is the standard time in Myanmar, 6.5 hours ahead of UTC.

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Naungdawgyi

Dabayin Min (ဒီပဲယင်းမင်း), commonly known as Naungdawgyi (နောင်တော်ကြီး; 10 August 1734 – 28 November 1763) was the second king of Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), from 1760 to 1763.

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Pagan Kingdom

The Kingdom of Pagan (ပုဂံခေတ်,,; also known as the Pagan dynasty and the Pagan Empire; also the Bagan dynasty or Bagan Empire) was the first Burmese kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-day Myanmar.

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Pinya

Pinya (ပင်းယ), or Vijayapura, was the capital of the Kingdom of Pinya, located near Ava, Mandalay Region, Myanmar.

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Sagaing Institute of Education

The Sagaing University of Education (စစ်ကိုင်း ပညာရေးတက္ကသိုလ်), formerly known as Mandalay Institute of Education or Sagaing Institute of Education located in Sagaing, Sagaing Region, is one of two senior universities of education in Myanmar.

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Sagaing Kingdom

The Sagaing Kingdom (စစ်ကိုင်း နေပြည်တော်) was a small kingdom ruled by a junior branch of the Myinsaing dynasty from 1315 to 1365.

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Sagaing Region

Sagaing Region (စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး,; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east.

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Sagaing Township

Sagaing Township is a township in Sagaing District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar.

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Shwebo

Shwebo (ရွှေဘိုမြို့) is a city in Sagaing Region, Burma, 110 km north-west of Mandalay between the Irrawaddy and the Mu rivers. Sagaing and Shwebo are Populated places in Sagaing Region and township capitals of Myanmar.

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Sithu Kyawhtin

Sithu Kyawhtin (စည်သူကျော်ထင်,; also known as Narapati Sithu (နရပတိ စည်သူ)) was the last king of Ava from 1551 to 1555.

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Thihathu

Thihathu (သီဟသူ,; 1265–1325) was a co-founder of the Myinsaing Kingdom, and the founder of the Pinya Kingdom in today's central Burma (Myanmar).

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Tom Mitford

Major Thomas David Freeman-Mitford (2 January 1909 – 30 March 1945) was the only son of the 2nd Baron Redesdale and brother of the Mitford Sisters.

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Trials in Burma

Trials in Burma is a memoir by Maurice Collis, an English author of Irish origin who served in Burma in the Indian Civil Service under the British Empire written in 1937 describing events in 1929-30.

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Tropical savanna climate

Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories Aw (for a dry "winter") and As (for a dry "summer").

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World Meteorological Organization

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.

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Zhu Youlang

The Yongli Emperor (1623–1662; reigned 24 December 1646 – 1 June 1662), personal name Zhu Youlang, was the fourth and last emperor of the Southern Ming dynasty, reigning in turbulent times when the former Ming dynasty was overthrown and the Manchu-led Qing dynasty progressively conquered the entire China proper.

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See also

Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagaing

Also known as Sagaing, Myanmar.