Submitted Name
Type Settlement
Usage Afrikaans, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, Filipino, Tagalog, Turkish
Pronounced Pron. NAY-pyi-daw(English) NEH-PYEE-DA(French) nu-pee-DA(European Portuguese) na-pee-DA(Brazilian Portuguese) [key·IPA]
Other Forms FormsNay Pyi Taw, Naypyitaw
[Meaning & History
From Burmese နေပြည်တော် (Nepyidaw) meaning "abode of the king" or "royal abode", from နေပြည် (ne-pyi) meaning "abode" and တော် (taw) meaning "royal, sacred". This is the name of the capital city of Myanmar.