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Irrawaddy

[ US /ˈɪɹəˌwɑdi/ ]
NOUN
  1. the main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea

How To Use Irrawaddy In A Sentence

  • Civil war erupted, with challenges to central government by the Karens of the Irrawaddy Delta and the Chin, Kayah, and Kachin hill tribes.
  • Irrawaddy, which is the main river of Burmah; and the first you see of the town is the Shway Dagohn Pagoda, the gilded cone above the trees. The Belted Seas
  • With the latest steps to unblock sites, Myanmar residents now have access to a wide array of foreign news sources, as well as dissident publications such as the Irrawaddy, which is based in Thailand and regularly publishes scathing criticisms of Myanmar's government. Myanmar Relaxes Media Grip
  • Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, La Nan, a spokesman for the Kachin Independence Organization, refuted Hla Min's accusations that his group recruited one member per household.
  • The Irrawaddy obtained a copy of the USDP's 81-page constitution which detailed its policies of how to govern the country if the party should dominate the upcoming election.
  • In response to the minister's remarks, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday reiterated her appeal to Myanmar and China to re-evaluate the project, calling the Irrawaddy "the most significant geographical feature of our country. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • A Chinese observer told The Irrawaddy that PLA troops have routinely been deployed near the border since 2003.
  • Then a couple more to the left, and more to the right, before I finally realised that I was at the centre of a pod of Irrawaddy river dolphins, one of the rarest species on the planet.
  • On the right of the Irrawaddy is the river of Bassein, the mouth of it about one hundred and fifty miles from that of the Irrawaddy, and running up the country in an angle towards it until it joins it about four hundred miles up in the interior. Olla Podrida
  • YANGON, MYANMAR: A Myanmar newspaper says the military government has lifted a rice export ban it imposed after Cyclone Nargis devastated the country's main rice-growing areas in the Irrawaddy Delta and south of Yangon in May. My Sinchew -
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