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Ask LP: What name should I use - Myanmar or Burma?
Simon Richmond
23 February 2021
The USA still continues to officially refer to the country as Burma © Lidice Hernandez/Lonely Planet
Why does this Southeast Asian nation, which has zoomed back into international focus following a military coup on 1 February 2021, have two names?
The answer is a complicated one in which history, politics and the quirks of transliterating a word from one language to another all play a role. It’s not uncommon for countries to change their names. Thailand was once known as Siam, Sri Lanka, Ceylon and Zimbabwe, Rhodesia. But what to make of Myanmar which is also called Burma?