Glossary
| Throughout this photo gallery you find typical romanised Myanma terms in the captions with the photos. Here are some short explanations in alphabetical order. |
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| Term | Explanation |
| Cheroot | Big traditional Myanma cigar |
| Chinthe | A lion-like creature |
| Hintha | Swan |
| Hti | The embrella shaped spire on the top of a zedi |
| Kyaung | Buddhist monastery |
| Naga | Snake or legless (sometimes multiheaded) dragon |
| Nat | Worshipped spirit |
| Pahto | Hollow shrine or temple |
| Paya | A generic Myanma term for all sacred objects or places like a Buddha image, zedi or pahto |
| Pyathat | A tower with fife, seven or more tiered roofs, representing the centre of the universe |
| Tagundaing | A sacred pole with a Hintha bird on top and a long streaming banner |
| Taung | Mountain |
| Tazaung | Buddhist shrine |
| Thanakha | Traditional cosmetic and sun-block sandalwood-like paste, made by grinding the bark of a thanakha tree log with a little water on a flat round stone |
| Umin | Cave |
| Zay | Market |
| Zedi | Stupa (a solid mound-like structure with terraces supporting a hemisphereous, bulbous or bell-shaped dome containing Buddhist relics and a spire on top) |
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