dacoity, dakoity - robbery by a gang of armed dacoits

Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language - the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia

ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism

Asian country, Asian nation - countries occupying the Asian continent

Rangoon, Yangon - the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta

Mandalay - a city in central Myanmar north of Rangoon

Indochina, Indochinese peninsula - a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam

Malay Peninsula - a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar

Mekong, Mekong River - an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea

Burmese - a native or inhabitant of Myanmar

dacoit, dakoit - a member of an armed gang of robbers

Myanmar monetary unit - monetary unit in the Union of Burma