Shwebo

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | 551 words | Copyright

Shwebo, Burma Moksobomyo, Shwebomyo The original name meant ‘Town of the Hunter Chief’ from mokso ‘hunter’, bom ‘chief’, and myo ‘town’. In c.1753 the longer form of the present name was adopted and it meant ‘Town of the Golden Chief’ from shwe ‘golden’ and myo. This was a reference to King Alaungpaya (1714–60), King of Burma (1752–60), whose birthplace this was and whose tomb is here. It was the capital of the Alaungpaya dynasty in 1752–63.

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