Why Did Burma Change Its Name To Myanmar?

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    SOURCES & FURTHER READING
    16 Reasons To Visit Burma: www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de...
    An Afternoon with a 14-foot Python Covered in Cash: www.atlasobscura.com/articles...
    Mount Kyaiktiyo: www.go-myanmar.com/mount-kyai...
    History of Burma: www.cfob.org/HistoryofBurma/hi...
    BBC Burma time line: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-...
    Register: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/ar...
    Etymology of Myanmar: myanmartourism.info/about-mya...
    Burma v Myanmar? Obama Plays It Safe During Historic Visit: www.theguardian.com/world/201...
    PRONUNCIAION SOURCES
    Myanmar: forvo.com/word/myanmar/#my
    Brahma: forvo.com/word/brahma/#az
    Anawrahta: forvo.com/word/anawrahta/#my
    Aung San: forvo.com/search/Aung%20San/
    U Nu: forvo.com/word/u_nu/
    PHOTO SOURCES
    Shwedagon: Colegota
    Bamar Woman: Mr. V. C. Scott O’Connor
    King Anawrahta: Phyo WP
    Ishikari Lore Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 794

  • @NameExplain
    @NameExplain  6 років тому +91

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    • @NortheastIndiaindetails
      @NortheastIndiaindetails 6 років тому +2

      Karan Lakhisarani
      No, I am from Northeast india and here no China

    • @v4l3nt1nn
      @v4l3nt1nn 6 років тому +4

      please make a video about the name similarity between: Libya - Liberia - Lebanon ! 10x

    • @Direblade11
      @Direblade11 6 років тому +3

      Name Explain "Why did Burma change its* name to Myanmar?"

    • @shaggy_looking9051
      @shaggy_looking9051 6 років тому +2

      Name Explain is either name offensive or ignorant because I hear both and I say both. In my life they are essentially interchangeable and I have never meet someone from there so I can't find that out that way.

    • @jimramberg7664
      @jimramberg7664 6 років тому +3

      Name Explain c

  • @youngbloodfantasy91
    @youngbloodfantasy91 6 років тому +47

    Watching this video to pay respects to my dear friend from Myanmar. I assisted him with his English papers in college, and he would share his experiences living and attending school in Myanmar. Thanks for this informative video, and this invaluable insight into my friend's country of origin.

    • @realsecrets1
      @realsecrets1 3 роки тому +4

      That's good friendship :)

    • @agentdeez2471
      @agentdeez2471 Рік тому +2

      Hello I am from myanmar and it’s rare to see someone that has a friend from Myanmar

  • @hoangkimviet8545
    @hoangkimviet8545 6 років тому +323

    Next in Southeast Asia: Siam or Thailand? :0

    • @FukChit
      @FukChit 6 років тому +20

      no siam was our name until 1949 when it was changed to thailand

    • @Pedrosa2541
      @Pedrosa2541 6 років тому +6

      He already did a video about it, it's the one where he compares the names Thailand and Taiwan, just checks his channel.

    • @hoangkimviet8545
      @hoangkimviet8545 6 років тому +2

      Netsaurus Thank you! I will see it :0

    • @helterhhh
      @helterhhh 6 років тому +15

      Peter. No. Siam was a foreign name. The Thai people have always referred to their country as 'Thai'. The name change to promote a national identity separate from western imperialism. Same thing with Persia= Iran

    • @buddhidev7877
      @buddhidev7877 6 років тому +5

      Siam refers to the land, but Thailand is named after Thai/Tai people which was changed by the nationalist/fascist premier Plaek Piboonsongkram. I'm from Thailand.

  • @mehmmonhtaw1553
    @mehmmonhtaw1553 4 роки тому +54

    8 Major Ethnics People In Myanmar
    Myanmar is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia and it is bordered by China on the north-east, Laos on the east, Thailand on the south-east, Bangladesh on the west, India on the north-west and the Bay of Bengal to the south-west with the Andaman Sea defining its southern periphery.
    One-third of Myanmar is total perimeter, 1,930 kilometers (1,199 mi), forms an uninterrupted coastline. Being a country bordering with five countries, Myanmar has a diverse culture and multi ethnics groups with different background, culture and traditions. They have their own traditions and costumes.
    There are 135 distinct ethnic groups officially in Myanmar.
    8 Major Ethnics People In Myanmar
    there's........Kachin/ Kayah/ Karen(kayin)/ Chin/Mon / Burma/ Arakan(Rakine)/ Shan
    This group name union of myanmar.
    Now, all ethnics want federalism.

    • @purple_is_cool1989
      @purple_is_cool1989 4 роки тому +3

      I am so bad at geography that I never get an A in every geography test.
      I always forget where Nay Pyi Taw is.
      I suck at myanmar geography

    • @khunhtet4085
      @khunhtet4085 4 роки тому

      @@purple_is_cool1989 HahaကိုေတကCပဲ ပထဝီမာ

    • @zienetualaqule7632
      @zienetualaqule7632 4 роки тому +3

      @@khunhtet4085 ဂုဏ္ယူပါတယ္😂👏

    • @khunhtet4085
      @khunhtet4085 4 роки тому +2

      @@zienetualaqule7632 no need bro

    • @1msubscriberdontwatchit945
      @1msubscriberdontwatchit945 3 роки тому +1

      What about the Nagas??

  • @psuyog
    @psuyog 6 років тому +55

    In Maharashtra, India we call it BramhaDesh ब्रम्हदेश.. Meaning nation of Lord Bramha.

    • @amlmn7375
      @amlmn7375 4 роки тому +3

      @Mobi Linn nation of begali people.

    • @blossom3424
      @blossom3424 4 роки тому +2

      @Mobi Linn nope it's mean nation of bengali speaking people they're really awesome in making clothes 😁 cause bengali community lives in India too so I know alot about them B-)

    • @dhungana1284
      @dhungana1284 Рік тому +2

      Even in Nepal we call it that

    • @realgamer4.12team2
      @realgamer4.12team2 Рік тому

      *ब्रह्मदेश

    • @psuyog
      @psuyog Рік тому +2

      @@realgamer4.12team2 that's Sansrkut. In Marathi, it is BramhaDesh.

  • @xihangyang
    @xihangyang 6 років тому +63

    chinese always call it Myanmar never burma.

    • @AnasDaif
      @AnasDaif 6 років тому +27

      xihang yang
      Whatever nobody like China they cause a lot of conflicts

    • @AndrewVasirov
      @AndrewVasirov 6 років тому +2

      Like what conflicts?

    • @dubsy1026
      @dubsy1026 6 років тому +6

      Andrew Vasirov ahem india

    • @mtninra6042
      @mtninra6042 6 років тому +1

      TIME:
      More Than 43,000 Rohingya Parents May Be Missing. Experts Fear They Are Dead
      “Given what we’ve documented from eyewitnesses and survivors from areas targeted by the army and other state security forces, it’s likely that a significant portion of lost parents were killed,” Smith says. “There were massacres and mass killings in all three affected townships since August, and in 2016 as well.”
      time.com/5187292/rohingya-crisis-missing-parents-refugees-bangladesh/

    • @AndrewVasirov
      @AndrewVasirov 6 років тому

      What conflicts with India? Both of them are BRICS members and all they try is cooperate.

  • @xanecosmo5061
    @xanecosmo5061 4 роки тому +35

    0:13 Epic! You pronounced "Myanmar" in the correct way. I'm so impressed.

  • @florianverndari
    @florianverndari 6 років тому +37

    If you are interested, George Orwell wrote a novel about Burma/Myanmar "Burmese Days", for which he was influenced by his days as a british soldier there.

  • @Ghipoli
    @Ghipoli 6 років тому +265

    So Burma changed its name to Myanmar, largely, to be more inclusive to other ethnicities... Well, that failed.

    • @AdamSmith-gs2dv
      @AdamSmith-gs2dv 6 років тому +63

      Ghipoli The Muslims in Myanmar want their own Sharia state, don't blame Myanmar for punishing them

    • @Ghipoli
      @Ghipoli 6 років тому +66

      Adam Smith Obviously there are some radical Muslims among them, but they're one big ethnic group, native to the country, that consists of many people, including innocent women and children. You can't just ethnically cleanse a whole group, because of some extremists.

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 6 років тому +34

      Islam is not an ethnic division but a religious one. Too often people say Muslim like it is a separate nation and I know that they like to think they're special but nah! No different to any other religion or fanatic group of humans.

    • @spramodh21
      @spramodh21 6 років тому +23

      No, it didn't. They shouldn't tolerate groups who are disruptive and against the culture of the land.

    • @powerist209
      @powerist209 6 років тому +5

      Well, that's the problem with Burmese definition. They consider "natives" for those who came before 19th century, which the officials think they shouldn't apply because large numbers came to Burma during the colonial era and therefore not indigenous in their rule. There was a kingdom but the inhabitants were displaced and no records. Also the fact that they have a bad history with Arakan natives, at least from 1960's. Also military have control over defense and budget didn't help at all. Strangely enough, this does not apply to Chinese or Indian.

  • @theinzawclashloso
    @theinzawclashloso 6 років тому +36

    Myanmar 🇲🇲 is union of Burma 7 divisions & 7 states.
    Myanmar 🇲🇲 = Burma 7 divisions + 7 other states.
    Burma = Myanmar 🇲🇲 minus 7 states.

    • @arakanbuddhist7436
      @arakanbuddhist7436 3 роки тому +1

      Free Arakan!AA!

    • @starlightbobo7293
      @starlightbobo7293 3 роки тому +1

      @@arakanbuddhist7436 Bruh shut the f up Rakhines stay with us and you get your Governing state but do not leave the Union.

    • @khantzayar4480
      @khantzayar4480 3 роки тому

      @@arakanbuddhist7436 Come Get Your Independent For A Free Trip To Bangladesh

    • @henrykaung9064
      @henrykaung9064 3 роки тому

      @@arakanbuddhist7436 if you think of it Arkan/Rakhine will be a failed country after independence. Many reasons makes Arakan country not possible due to deplomatic and economic purposes.

    • @starlightbobo7293
      @starlightbobo7293 2 роки тому

      Arakan will be Bangladesh 😂 if your thinking like that Bangla has over 100 million population and Rakhines only has estimated 5~10 millions.

  • @anandtajane8753
    @anandtajane8753 6 років тому +4

    Dude, you are the best.
    I mean it.
    Your explanation is the best of all. Keep posting.

  • @pablodelatorregalvez4260
    @pablodelatorregalvez4260 6 років тому +25

    The Burma/Myanmar debate also exists in the Spanish language, usually old people say Birmania (Burma), while young people say Myanmar.

  • @alistairconn789
    @alistairconn789 4 роки тому

    thanks for that info it was bugging me for so long, but now you have cleared it all up for me, thanks

  • @sakgialid7
    @sakgialid7 6 років тому +3

    Hi there, Ive been watching your videos since long time now and find them really entertaining + useful! I was wondering though if you could share with us where you find these awesome cartoonish maps and how you animate them! Thanks in advance!

  • @padraigpearse1551
    @padraigpearse1551 6 років тому +12

    Ok so I was born in the early 2000s and I call it Burma. I didn't even know about the whole Myanmar thing until a few years ago

  • @limboonsiew5552
    @limboonsiew5552 6 років тому +65

    can u do a video about how the nation of Malaysia gain it's name, and where word Siam came from in Thailand.

    • @aqimjulayhi8798
      @aqimjulayhi8798 6 років тому +3

      Malaysia is a federation of the states of Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak. The name is just, well, a name. But never ever refer it as Malaya.

    • @taufiqraffael5538
      @taufiqraffael5538 4 роки тому +4

      Malaysia means 'Malay archipelago' 'sia' taken is from old Greek words 'nesos' means archipelago same goes to Indonesia (indies archipelago) or Austronesia (Austral nesos) southern archipelago

    • @amankumarthakur8410
      @amankumarthakur8410 4 роки тому +1

      Simple, they hate their hindu past

  • @aungko7686
    @aungko7686 4 роки тому +5

    It's really rare to hear somone not from Myanmar say the name so perfectly. You said it.

  • @nwenwelinnzan1894
    @nwenwelinnzan1894 5 років тому +4

    Hi
    I am myanmar
    Myanmar is a country name
    And burmer is the name of 1 type of people
    We have 7 types of people
    We call 7 type of people to myanmar

    • @haha-eg8fj
      @haha-eg8fj 5 років тому

      Thanks for clarifying.

  • @Aung1988
    @Aung1988 6 років тому

    your pronunciation is actually really good.

  • @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687
    @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 6 років тому +21

    Why the Netherlands call their people as Dutch instead of Netherlanders???
    - Denmark
    - Switzerland
    - Philippines
    - Madagascar

    • @elijahmikhail4566
      @elijahmikhail4566 6 років тому +4

      YouCan'tAlwaysGet WhatYouWant I don't know which channel made the video that I saw about it, but the Dutch's endonym for themselves is simply Nederlanders. Anglophones call them Dutch largely due to their proclamation of a "Dutch" (Germanic) identity in their fight for independence from Spain. That exonym has since stuck.

    • @packx3
      @packx3 6 років тому +1

      Boom! video done, and way quicker than name explain does it

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 6 років тому

      WTF is an Anglphone? An English telephone?

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 6 років тому

      Really never heard of that before and I'm British.

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 6 років тому

      I'll stick to my Samsung.

  • @khantzayar4480
    @khantzayar4480 3 роки тому +1

    Myanmar In Europe:What is Myanmar!?
    Burma in Asia:What is Burma!?

  • @eliasfrahat7074
    @eliasfrahat7074 6 років тому +137

    Why india is called India
    We call it al-hind in arabic

    • @NortheastIndiaindetails
      @NortheastIndiaindetails 6 років тому +51

      Elias Frahat
      We call it Hindustan, Bharat, Brt and 1750 other names to India in India itself

    • @almonzerfayyadh1620
      @almonzerfayyadh1620 6 років тому +15

      The english always fuck up names like how does فلسطين become palestine , regardless i am using english rn so i cant complain lol.

    • @eliasfrahat7074
      @eliasfrahat7074 6 років тому +5

      The Romanian Atheist al-hind might come from the hindi language of india

    • @AnasDaif
      @AnasDaif 6 років тому +8

      Almonzer Fayyadh
      Well...English name comes from the original language the name came from which is palestina from roman and to arabize that name the P was changed to F Just like how Singapore in Arabic is singafora .
      So its palastina-falastina-falastin

    • @almonzerfayyadh1620
      @almonzerfayyadh1620 6 років тому +4

      Felipe Silva
      That makes more sense although historically it was called كنعان ( kan’an)and jerusalem was called al quds which still dont make sense to me

  • @mario7049
    @mario7049 6 років тому +20

    It's also Called Birmania in Romanian

    • @Krypto137
      @Krypto137 6 років тому +5

      Same in Spanish.

    • @MrSafa61
      @MrSafa61 6 років тому +1

      When tf did u romanians go there lol

    • @mario7049
      @mario7049 6 років тому

      What do You mean?

    • @mario7049
      @mario7049 6 років тому

      MrSafa61 i was talking about the country's name

    • @pablodelatorregalvez4260
      @pablodelatorregalvez4260 6 років тому

      It's probably called Birmania in all Romance languages.

  • @korkad_
    @korkad_ 6 років тому +8

    I have actually never heard of myanmar. Even on the radio I hear them call it burma

  • @pyisoe99
    @pyisoe99 6 років тому +15

    I live in Burmar/Myanmar.

  • @ericjones1796
    @ericjones1796 3 роки тому

    I learn a lot, now I gotta go and look up the history books in more details.

  • @alsmith2064
    @alsmith2064 6 років тому +3

    Can you do a whole video about British place names in America, not just the obvious ones like York and New York obscure ones?

  • @sporgiii
    @sporgiii 6 років тому

    Yay my country thanks Name Explain 😊

  • @T2G-DJT
    @T2G-DJT 6 років тому +40

    Can you explain why races have different names like
    Chinese = Sino = Sino-Japanese War
    French = Franco = Franco-British Union
    Or
    English = Anglo

    • @simonenicolosi6975
      @simonenicolosi6975 6 років тому +14

      The last two are simple: Franco from the Frankish kingdom around the VII century, or by its latin name: Francia. While Anglo came by the people who settled Britain in the Ancient Era (he talks about it in another video). While for Sino I have no clue. Have a good day!

    • @rodrigopaim82
      @rodrigopaim82 6 років тому +4

      Both French and Franco relates to the early Franks, a germanic tribe who settled the region and created the Kingdom of the Franks, what later became Francia (or France in english).
      English comes from England, which is a corruption of "Angle-land", the land of the Angles, another germanic tribe, that with the Saxons migrated to the Isle. The word Anglo relates in this case to the Angles.

    • @Sparx632
      @Sparx632 6 років тому +4

      I believe the word China actually came from Sino not the other way round, I can’t remember the origins of Sino though.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 6 років тому +3

      +Sparx632
      While they might both come from the same etymology, one is Latin ( _Sinae/-rum_ ) via the Greek ( _Σῖναι_ ), while the other entered Europe via the Portuguese ( _China_ ), apparently those prefixes are called a combining form. In Spanish we use the prefix "nipo-" for Japanese related things, clearly from the Japanese for Japan (日本 nippon)

    • @Bluecheese1400
      @Bluecheese1400 5 років тому +2

      Anglo (english)
      Sino (chinese)
      Indo (indian)
      Franko (french)
      Russo (russian)
      Turko (Turkish)

  • @DivineOracion
    @DivineOracion 5 років тому +1

    wooooooq cool vid. thanks for this vid. :*

  • @nxsebluud
    @nxsebluud 6 років тому +1

    Can you do a video on occupational surnames/names like Carter, Baker, Sawyer etc.?

  • @dermpel6542
    @dermpel6542 6 років тому +72

    the main difference between this names are their
    spelling **crowd starts to boo**

  • @sarahsu4863
    @sarahsu4863 3 роки тому

    very interesting thankyou very much for sharing!.

  • @fatherfred3946
    @fatherfred3946 6 років тому +9

    Remember the fact that there's hardly any Muslim, Hindu or Christian in Myanmar up until British Colonialism, when the small homogeneous nation was placed inside Greater India, and several millions South Asian immigrants poured in; while neighbors such as Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam under French Colonialism had no immigration issue at all.

    • @harrypo1808
      @harrypo1808 6 років тому +3

      there were heaps of other ethncities like Shan, Karen, Kachin, Chin, Mon most of whom are persecuted people by the Burmese military till this day

    • @nantzstein3311
      @nantzstein3311 6 років тому +1

      And that justifies f**** genocides ???

    • @fatherfred3946
      @fatherfred3946 6 років тому +7

      Like I said, this on going crisis in Myanmar is product of Colonialism, when the nation was placed inside Greater India, thus around 8 millions immigrants poured into small homogeneous country in long Colonial era, including Rohingya Bengalis from populous but tiny Bangladesh which has a population of 170 million, that had been sending millions of illegal immigrants into Myanmar for ages that Myanmar has declared national emergency in Rakhine State ever since early 1980s, but Western news medias ignored it all, as Myanmar had been boycotted by the West, when impoverished country turned to Socialism after long painful Colonial era; and as a result, hardly any one out of Myanmar knew truths. Google "Long Live Indochina/China Daily" for more. blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=742201

    • @fatherfred3946
      @fatherfred3946 6 років тому +4

      Google "Long Live Indochina/China Daily" for hard truth.
      blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=742201

    • @fatherfred3946
      @fatherfred3946 6 років тому +6

      Speaking of which, remember the fact that mega genocide of indigenous natives population in continents of America five hundred years ago was around fifteen millions, while European population in Europe was around twenty millions. Today, Native population at around fifteen million, while European population (in continents of America + Europe) at a staggering ONE BILLION! As a matter of fact, China has made no secret that it would one day help liberate continents of America which it sees as rightfully belonging to Indigenous Native people. Google 'Continents of America is Not a New World/China Daily' for hard truth. blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php? mod=viewthread&tid=820652

  • @AvailableUsernameTed
    @AvailableUsernameTed 6 років тому +53

    Obama didn't call the country Bama?

    • @MrRamazanLale2
      @MrRamazanLale2 6 років тому +2

      Osama

    • @thanglaka9543
      @thanglaka9543 6 років тому +2

      Bama is a largest group of people living in Burma. There are others too - Karen, Shan, Kachin etc to Rohingyas.

    • @luciferangelica
      @luciferangelica 5 років тому

      MrRamazanLale2 yomama

    • @lilymawi383
      @lilymawi383 3 роки тому +1

      Myanmar mean all of myanmar peoples Kachin.Kayin.Kaya.Mon.Burma.Shian.Rakhain.Chin that is myanmar

  • @gam3978
    @gam3978 6 років тому +2

    Burma is ethnic group and Myanmar is country name. There are 8 egs Kachin, Kayar, Kayin, Chin, Mon, Burma, Yakhine and Shan.

  • @SolomonsCave
    @SolomonsCave 6 років тому

    Thanks again!
    If you ever going to do a video about Holland/The Netherlands, I'd be happy to help you with pronunciation ^^

  • @sanhtay7376
    @sanhtay7376 6 років тому +2

    Wow someone actually talked about my country

  • @Ray-xq3cx
    @Ray-xq3cx 3 роки тому +4

    Who else is watching this after the 2021 coup?

  • @GiantLeninHead
    @GiantLeninHead 6 років тому +1

    Can you do one with Cambodia and Kampuchea?

  • @grantmitchell6738
    @grantmitchell6738 6 років тому +26

    What did the leader of Burma say when rebels overthrew him?
    U Nu

  • @siddeswarreddy1778
    @siddeswarreddy1778 4 роки тому +2

    Indian ancient texts used Burma to denote sea trade.
    Also called suvarna bhumi

  • @MrJonyish
    @MrJonyish 6 років тому +1

    Yes thank you for this video I had to try to correct someone who thought Burma was a colonial name like Rhodesia!

  • @saizayphonehtet9700
    @saizayphonehtet9700 4 роки тому +1

    Just a correction mate!
    The king name is called Aa Naw Ra Htar or U can call Aa Naw Ya Htar

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 6 років тому +6

    I always use the name Myanmar. Should we start calling Sri Lanka Ceylon again??? Or should we call Iran Persia or Thailand Siam?

    • @seraphimprince
      @seraphimprince 2 роки тому

      People from Iran do call themselves Persian.

  • @skipper2594
    @skipper2594 2 роки тому +1

    Love a lot to myanmar from srilanka.☸️☸️☸️ we are friends since past

  • @lewatoaofair2522
    @lewatoaofair2522 6 років тому +26

    Title correction:
    *its, not it's (which is a compounded "it is").

    • @iascan
      @iascan 6 років тому +2

      This should be further up

    • @owenfarmer1588
      @owenfarmer1588 6 років тому +2

      I went looking in the comments just for this. I was not disappointed.

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 6 років тому

      Or it's as in owned by it. When used as the car of Peter = Peter's car meaning Peter his car.

    • @seneca983
      @seneca983 6 років тому +4

      +colin Paterson The genitive of "Peter" is indeed "Peter's" (with apostrophe) but the the genitive of "it" is "its" (without apostrophe). On the other hand "it's" (with apostrophe) is just short for "it is" and not a genitive.

    • @metzli_moon
      @metzli_moon 6 років тому

      I was looking for this comment so hard. Yessss.

  • @VCT136
    @VCT136 6 років тому

    The Burma/Myanmar 'debate' is also available in German, where the name is Birma/Myanmar.

  • @esthernaychi4539
    @esthernaychi4539 3 роки тому +3

    we have 7 difference languages with difference stages
    1. Burma
    2. Shan
    3.kachin
    4. mon
    5.chin
    6.yakhai
    7.kayin

  • @binapatel4793
    @binapatel4793 3 роки тому +1

    LOVE THE VID

  • @morejoacomapo7080
    @morejoacomapo7080 6 років тому +2

    We have the same issue in Spanish. It can be called "Birmania"(Burma) or "República de la unión de Myanmar"(United Myanmar Republic)

  • @Schaaschaa
    @Schaaschaa 6 років тому

    The controversy exists in German as well, where the country usedto be referred to by the Germanized version Birma, which is now almost completely discontinued due to the feeling it would be offensive.

    • @varana
      @varana 6 років тому

      "Birma" has been obsolete for a while, though, and was replaced by "Burma" until recently, and even now, calling it _Burma_ is quite frequent. (Der Spiegel usually writes _Burma_ , for instance.)

  • @dahawk8574
    @dahawk8574 6 років тому +1

    2:44 - When including Barack Obama, it would be far from trivial to include the fact that he had spent formative years in the region and was fluent in Indonesian.

  • @sego6277
    @sego6277 6 років тому +29

    Explain macedonia 's name

    • @laju
      @laju 6 років тому +11

      Stole the name from the Greeks. There you go. :)

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 6 років тому +2

      Named after Phillip (of) Macedon of course. It was nearly renamed Greatland after Phillip died.

    • @h3nder
      @h3nder 6 років тому +6

      They are south slavs that live in a greek territory.

    • @danochy5522
      @danochy5522 6 років тому +2

      Named after the area of Macedonia which overlaps with the country.

    • @Slashplite
      @Slashplite 6 років тому +3

      The country of Republic of Macedonia is located in a real region of Upper Macedonia. However there are also south, west and east Macedonias that belong to Greece. So Greeks hate Macedonians for taking that name. Macedonians are Slavs however there were many Slavs in ancient region of Macedonia, mostly slaves, mercenary and servants. First Slavic alphabet originated in ancient Greece.

  • @earrapeofficial6794
    @earrapeofficial6794 4 роки тому +1

    Finally a video saying about my country

  • @RamiShreds
    @RamiShreds 6 років тому +2

    More videos about countries that changed names.

  • @krystofdayne
    @krystofdayne 6 років тому +14

    Wow, U Nu has to be shortest name ever.

    • @moemyint3132
      @moemyint3132 6 років тому +6

      Krystof Dayne In fact Nu is only his name. U in Myanmar language is like Mr. in English language. Moreover bamar people don’t have first name or last name.

    • @krystofdayne
      @krystofdayne 6 років тому +3

      Moe Myint okay wow that's pretty interesting... but, it also means that my point is still valid ;)

    • @Drpeter123
      @Drpeter123 5 років тому

      Krystof Dayne it could also mean my mom because burma has a lot of different languages. Its not just one language, the common one is burmese. There is also a lot of languages like falam, ngawn, haka, chin, etc.

    • @Drpeter123
      @Drpeter123 5 років тому +2

      Krystof Dayne the shortest name i know in burma is “uk”

    • @xanecosmo5061
      @xanecosmo5061 4 роки тому

      In fact his name was just "Nu".
      "U" is just a term like ".mr".

  • @frycopy2746
    @frycopy2746 6 років тому +6

    why is my country called norway? is it a spin on north-way? and if so, why is it called "norge" in norwegian? it does not seem to have a meaning in its native country, but do have a meaning in others.

    • @Villmark1
      @Villmark1 6 років тому +1

      Timed Dimension ples do norway,

    • @h3nder
      @h3nder 6 років тому +1

      Norway is the most northern mainland europe country right?So it is on the way to the north.Also vikings are called the norse often.

    • @mtninra6042
      @mtninra6042 6 років тому +1

      “All of My Body Was Pain”
      Sexual Violence against Rohingya Women and Girls in Burma #rohinyagenocide
      I was held down by six men and raped by five of them. First, they [shot and] killed my brother … then they threw me to the side and one man tore my lungi [sarong], grabbed me by the mouth and held me still. He stuck a knife into my side and kept it there while the men were raping me. That was how they kept me in place. … I was trying to move and [the wound] was bleeding more. They were threatening to shoot me.
      www.hrw.org/report/2017/11/16/all-my-body-was-pain/sexual-violence-against-rohingya-women-and-girls-burma

    • @frycopy2746
      @frycopy2746 6 років тому

      nobody gives a shit

    • @mtninra6042
      @mtninra6042 6 років тому +1

      Normal people don't go around supporting genocide. It's a strange behaviour.
      So thanks for spreading redundant hate speech, it will further fuel the anti-facist / anti-nationalist movements around the world. Keep up the good work. ^_^

  • @kieranw5842
    @kieranw5842 6 років тому

    Where did Siberia get its name?

  • @dgplex
    @dgplex 6 років тому +1

    You didn't need the apostrophe in 'it's' in the title.

  • @poznanskiszybkowiec_official
    @poznanskiszybkowiec_official 6 років тому +19

    Birma is polish name of myanmar

  • @Richie_Godsil
    @Richie_Godsil 6 років тому

    Is it safe to say you took some influence from CGP Grey?

  • @WizardToby
    @WizardToby 6 років тому +2

    I like the name Burma instead of Myanmar. It just sounds better.

  • @iameuropean5301
    @iameuropean5301 6 років тому +2

    Birmania is the name given to Burma by all latin languages
    Portuguese
    Italian
    Spanish
    French
    Romanian

  • @simpleonion660
    @simpleonion660 3 роки тому +1

    Honestly, I'm a Burmese and I don't even know where the name Myanmar came from.

  • @olefella7561
    @olefella7561 3 роки тому +2

    Myanmar or Burma; what's in a name, why it's such a big deal!
    Burma/Myanmar would have been much better off without notorious Anglo British Colonialism.
    Moreover, all thy Colonizers did in their Colonies was build infrastructure such as roads and ports so that they could ship abundant natural mineral resources back to Europe to make goods.
    Without these raw materials, what can they do with their industrial revolution?
    That is what Colonialism is all about; 'divide & conquer' 'divide & rule' 'divide & loot'.
    [For instance, it is agreed upon the fact that Africa in general has progressed a lot more in the past 20-30 years than 200 years of Western Colonialism.]
    Anyhow, I'll keep my fingers crossed for Myanmar, and it's long suffering people. Long live, peace and prosperity to people of Myanmar & Indochina!

  • @skipper2594
    @skipper2594 2 роки тому +2

    In srilankan ancient books considered myanmar as burma and thailand as siam and cambodia as kamboja .we have a great relations since 800 AD with burma,kamboja,siam land and maldives.maldives was also 100% buddhists' untill 1000 AD

  • @pensfan044
    @pensfan044 6 років тому +1

    So if Burma is the informal name and Myanmar is the formal one, I imagine its like how one would use America vs the United States to describe the USA.

  • @jynxie17
    @jynxie17 6 років тому +1

    Which one came first, zero or naught. And where do they both come from!

    • @visheshl
      @visheshl 6 років тому

      Jill Pearson shunya came first from sanskrit... Afaik

  • @reactorreactionoflife6961
    @reactorreactionoflife6961 5 років тому

    I have a little sadness because no one know our country(myanmar):(
    But thk you for describe about my country

  • @vtron9832
    @vtron9832 6 років тому

    Sri Lanka or Ceylon?

  • @ricardocrujeira7691
    @ricardocrujeira7691 6 років тому +1

    I heard about birmania before i didn't knew where it was, now i know it's myanmar

  • @JollyJoel
    @JollyJoel 6 років тому

    Just now... got a notification from google about this video... no comment, just the video... Why did I randomly get a notification of a 6 day old video? I'm not even subbed to this guy... and I only watched like 5 minutes of one of his videos last week... *WTF GOOGLE, KNOCK IT OFF*

  • @soulaimab9871
    @soulaimab9871 6 років тому

    i would love to see a video about Eswatini and why it changed its name from Swaziland

  • @dindings
    @dindings 10 місяців тому

    2:58 hey mate…Im sorry but this is wrong, I know your channel is great but I think you’d like to know it changed in 1989.
    This are current 1989 lyrics:
    ကမ္ဘာမကျေ၊ မြန်မာပြည်.
    Before it used to be:
    ကမ္ဘာမကြေ၊ ဗမာပြည်.
    It changed to မြန်မာ from ဗမာ.
    Anyway thanks for the video. Myanmar is my second home and I’d love you to visit and learn this crazy weird grammar language, it’s fascinating

  • @matthewcobon3054
    @matthewcobon3054 6 років тому

    Do a video on Guatemala?

  • @kaloarepo288
    @kaloarepo288 6 років тому

    You could compare the name change to that of Iran which was once called Persia -Iran is the more inclusive word as "Persia" was merely a part of the Iranian region.Or indeed you can compare it to "The United Kingdom of Great Britain" -once upon a time it was OK to refer to the UK as England but then the Scottish, Irish and Welsh demanded the more inclusive term "Great Britain."

  • @cannoncart1505
    @cannoncart1505 6 років тому +1

    Why is Europe and Europa sound so similar?

  • @LuckyKeythe62pony
    @LuckyKeythe62pony 6 років тому

    Talking about Burma, I just remember their characters was unread in internet.
    Maybe sometimes u explaining about unread characters? xD

    • @thiri2699
      @thiri2699 3 роки тому

      It's alphabets not character and there is 33 alphabets unfortunately you need a font coding to see Burmese font on the web otherwise it goes unrecognised xD.

  • @ahmoodius7338
    @ahmoodius7338 6 років тому +1

    HI!!

  • @ThatFanBoyGuy
    @ThatFanBoyGuy 3 роки тому

    I'm surprised this video did not blow up due to the recent coup

  • @ethan-roblox6958
    @ethan-roblox6958 6 років тому +3

    My parents are from Myanmar

  • @barely_surviving47
    @barely_surviving47 3 роки тому

    What are other countries original names addressed by the local tongue?
    E.g: Hindustan (India), Kampuchea (Cambodia), Deutschland (Germany).

    • @vladprus4019
      @vladprus4019 3 роки тому +1

      "Hindustan (India)"
      Hindustan is PERSIAN name of India, not in the local language.
      Official name of India is "Bharat" which was the name of one of major ancient Aryan groups.

    • @demorvie
      @demorvie 7 місяців тому

      Bharat..not Hindustan.

  • @QC10
    @QC10 6 років тому

    In German news most of the time they say "Myanmar, the former Burma" ("Myanmar, das frühere Birma")

  • @T2G-DJT
    @T2G-DJT 6 років тому

    Can you make a flag and map of the “New United Kingdom”?

  • @yveltal6959
    @yveltal6959 Рік тому +1

    Finally, someone who could say Myanmar perfectly

  • @JollyOlStan-hh2is
    @JollyOlStan-hh2is 6 років тому

    I cant stop thinking about the fact that their new flag is familiar

  • @Supking47
    @Supking47 6 років тому

    FINALY

  • @v4l3nt1nn
    @v4l3nt1nn 6 років тому +16

    please make a video about the name similarities between Libya - Liberia - Lebanon! 10x

    • @orcarmon9179
      @orcarmon9179 6 років тому +6

      there is no relation between them liberia was founded by freed slaves so the name comes from the latin word to liberty lebanon is named after a tree which is also on their flag, the lebanon tree and lybia I think originates from a local word

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 6 років тому

      Yes the tree is also known as the cedar tree.

    • @moetama_
      @moetama_ 6 років тому +3

      or carmon it's not from the tree
      It's name comes from the word leban
      Which means milk
      Referring to the white color of snow in the mountains in Lebanon

    • @roystivers4786
      @roystivers4786 3 роки тому

      @@orcarmon9179 I could be wrong but I think freedmen (ex-slaves) were delivered to Liberia by force.

  • @UDumFck
    @UDumFck 6 років тому +1

    We need to raise the level of intellectual discourse in these comments. Why are they puking @2:30?

  • @darcywillowsuwu8640
    @darcywillowsuwu8640 5 років тому

    Finally now ik why my country name changed

  • @mingaungkyaw6909
    @mingaungkyaw6909 5 років тому +1

    Hi my name is Min gaung kyaw. I am Myanmar. We change Bama into Myanmar because Bama is only a name for one ethnic group.When we are become freedom we have 7 enthnic groups and our languages is various and we cannot understand some languages but there is one language for one group.The language is called Bama that language is easy to use and understand for another 6 groups.so you can say that Bama means a language.when we are become an independent country w must give a name for all of us 7 groups.if we give Bama that is only good for one group and not fair for the other groups.That why we change Bama int Myanmar.

  • @whereisyoursuitcase
    @whereisyoursuitcase 4 роки тому

    Looks like I can study history from here without a book

  • @unclechinsyou8555
    @unclechinsyou8555 6 років тому +14

    Burma or Myanmar has been suffering for centuries; first under British Colonialism, when the nation was placed inside Greater India, thus around 8 millions immigrants moved into small homogeneous country in long Colonial era; secondly through boycotted by the West, as impoverished Myanmar turned to Socialism for a relief. In fact, Myanmar has a sad saying that goes 'A poor young girl got raped and get hurt twice', referring to their nation's double tragedies. This on going crisis in Myanmar is product of Colonialism, when the nation was placed inside Greater India, thus around 8 millions immigrants poured into small homogeneous country in long Colonial era, including Rohingya Bengalis from populous but tiny Bangladesh which has a population of 170 million, that had been sending millions of illegal immigrants into Myanmar for ages that Myanmar has declared national emergency in Rakhine State ever since early 1980s, but Western news medias ignored it all, as Myanmar had been boycotted by the West, when impoverished country turned to Socialism after long painful Colonial era; and as a result, hardly any one out of Myanmar knew truths. It's all about Colonial masters & their South Asians they used as soldiers & servants to defend Colonial Empire worldwide, while master extracted wealth for centuries; and territorial expansion into next door Myanmar through immigration, which eventually end up a small homogeneous country, paying ultimate prices. Myanmar endured the worst immigration onslaught under long & painful Colonialism, when several million immigrants poured in, as small homogeneous country was put inside Greater India; while neighbors such as Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam under French Colonialism had no immigration issue at all. Like I said, there's hardly any Muslim, Hindu or Christian in Myanmar up until Colonialism, when the small homogeneous country was placed inside Greater India, and several millions South Asian immigrants poured in; while neighbors such as Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam under French Colonialism had no immigration issue at all. Google "Long Live Indochina/China Daily" for more. blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=742201

    • @usenlim
      @usenlim 5 років тому

      Thank you for the information

    • @thanglaka9543
      @thanglaka9543 5 років тому

      Burma was not a homogeneous country before British colonialism. The place was referred as Brahmadesh by people living in Hindustan ( now India )
      Socialism devastated the country. Not the other way around. The others are mostly garbages

    • @thanglaka9543
      @thanglaka9543 5 років тому +1

      TT - read again my comment. Check it out who were the Hindustanis before you vomited your ill out of your sub-human kind of hatreds towards Muslims.
      Muslims are those who follow Abrahamic religions, includes true Christians and Jews.
      There is no such thing as homogenous country or place nor in humankind

    • @usenlim
      @usenlim 5 років тому

      Are you muslim Thang Laka? You spouted 'sub-human' word. That reminds me of two Quran verses that belittle non-muslim, namely 7:179 and 98:6 .

    • @thanglaka9543
      @thanglaka9543 5 років тому

      @Musical - you must be an animal to see others as an animals

  • @IndistinguishableYT
    @IndistinguishableYT 6 років тому +1

    woo I'm from Burma(Myanmar)

  • @thesenate8743
    @thesenate8743 6 років тому

    Can you do a video on how China got its name?

  • @thanglaka9543
    @thanglaka9543 6 років тому

    LOL - King Anawrhata's statue was holding a printed copies of books. Well before ( 5 or 6 centuries) German inventor Gutenberg was born.

  • @fduranthesee
    @fduranthesee 6 років тому

    Why did Persia change its name to Iran?

  • @ngwesoe4926
    @ngwesoe4926 3 роки тому +1

    The “Our Burma Association” of multi-ethnic lords, led by Thakin Ba Thaung (1902-1980), awakened the nationalism of various ethnic groups across the country. "Myanmar" does not belong to one species. The statement of the Our Burma Association explicitly states that the country should be called "Burma" because it belongs to all ethnic groups and minorities, including "Myanmar". The name of the organization was given as "Do Burma Association" to represent all and not "Do Burma Association". It is also historically and linguistically appropriate for the name of a country inhabited by other ethnic groups, including Burma, to refer to the "Burmese" instead of the original "Burmese" instead of the original Burmese name. Its actual use has been satisfactory to non-Burmese ethnic groups as well. The official name of the Japanese-era country, which used the name "Our Burma Association", was "Burma Kingdom".

  • @mayzinthu
    @mayzinthu 3 роки тому

    Love from Myanmar 🇲🇲