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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Place · 1035 CE

Yangon

Also known as

Anaʼí Ádaadinii
Dagon
Division de Yangon
División de Yangon
Jangon
Jangon

Image illustrating Yangon — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Yangonsee Wikimedia Commons

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