chaungn.
/tʃaʊŋ//tʃɒŋ/ In Burma (Myanmar), a watercourse.
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1945 B. Fergusson Beyond Chindwin v. 71 Metkalet stood on the same chaung some five miles farther south.
1947 ‘N. Shute’ Chequer Board 157 They left the main stream and entered the narrow chaungs to reach the Irrawaddy.
1959 M. Pugh Chancer 113 Then they crossed a narrow chaung, or dried-up stream with high walls of shingle and stone.
1959 Times 19 Mar. 14/7 We found the pair of them later, sprawled among the bushes in the bed of the chaung.
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