a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal
"much opium is grown in Myanmar"
Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia), on the west coast of the Indochina Peninsula.
"Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is a nation located on the western side of the Indochina Peninsula."
The name Burma comes from the Burmese language, where it originally referred to the people themselves. The spelling includes an 'r' that was not pronounced in the original word but was added by British speakers to lengthen the vowel sound.