Meaning of gaung baung | Babel Free

Definitions

A traditional Burmese turban.

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Examples

“By the far bank a knot of men, one of them wearing a green gaungbaung, were waiting beside a sampan.”

“Maneuvering amid the personalities and protocol of sticky Washington last⟳ week was an open-faced, roundly smiling, improbable-looking man in a gaung baung (gauze turbanlike cap with side bow) […]”

“On formal occasions college students would wear⟳ the gaungbaung. "The B.A. beau sauntering down the streets, walking-stick in hand and gaungbaung on his head," was the theme of a popular song in those days.”

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