Look up Kachin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kachin or Kakhyen may refer to: Kachin State, in northern Myanmar/Burma Kachin Hills, northeastern...
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Kachin State (Burmese: ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; Kachin: Jinghpaw Mungdaw) is the northernmost state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet...
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The Kachin peoples (Jingpo: Ga Hkyeng, lit. '"red soil"'; Burmese: ကချင်လူမျိုး; MLCTS: ka. hkyang lu myui:, pronounced [kətɕɪ̀ɰ̃ lù mjó]), more precisely...
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The Kachin conflict or the Kachin War is one of the multiple conflicts which are collectively referred to as the internal conflict in Myanmar. Kachin insurgents...
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The Kachin Independence Army (KIA; Kachin: Wunpawng Mungdan Shanglawt Hpyen Dap; Burmese: ကချင်လွတ်လပ်ရေးတပ်မတော်) is a non-state armed group and the...
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Jingpo people (redirect from Kachins)
ethnic group who are the largest subgroup of the Kachin peoples. The greater name for all the Kachin peoples in their own Jingpo language is the Jinghpaw...
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The Kachin Independence Army's (KIA) offensive in Kachin State, known unofficially as Operation 0307 (after the date it began), is an ongoing military...
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The New Democratic Army – Kachin (Burmese: ကချင်ဒီမိုကရေစီသစ် တပ်မတော်; abbreviated NDA-K), officially known as the Kachin Border Guard Force, is an armed...
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Arunachal Pradesh, associated with Kachin. Outside of Kachinland, Kachin restaurants have opened in Yangon, and Kachin migrants have brought the cuisine...
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The Kachin Hills are a heavily forested group of highlands in the extreme northeastern area of the Kachin State of Burma. They consist of a series of...
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Jingpo language (redirect from Kachin language)
ဈိာင်ဖေါစ်) or Kachin (Burmese: ကချင်ဘာသာ, [kətɕɪ̀ɰ̃ bàðà]) is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Sal branch spoken primarily in Kachin State, Myanmar;...
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rose and fell in influence and control. Larger rebel factions such as the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) formed in response to Ne Win's 1962 coup d'état...
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OSS Detachment 101 (redirect from Kachin Rangers)
resistance groups made up of the Kachin people of northern Burma. The best known resistance force was known as the Kachin Rangers and was under the command...
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Kachin United Football Club (Burmese: ကချင် ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း) is a Burmese football club based in Myitkyina Township, Kachin and founded in 2014...
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Myitkyina (redirect from Myitkyina, Kachin State)
(Eng; mitchinar) Jinghpaw: Myitkyina, [mjìtkjí̠ná]) is the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma), located 1,480 kilometers (920 mi) from Yangon...
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Myanmar conflict (section Kachin State)
Kachin people are a major ethnic minority in Myanmar who mainly inhabit the mountainous northern regions of the Kachin Hills in Kachin State. Kachin regular...
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Arakan Army (redirect from Arakan Army (Kachin State))
Rakhine State, and around 1,500 in Kachin State and Shan State. In the early 2010s, the Arakan Army fought alongside the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) against...
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Jingpho–Luish languages (redirect from Kachin-Luic languages)
The Jingpho-Luish, Jingpho-Asakian, Kachin–Luic, or Kachinic languages are a group of Sino-Tibetan languages belonging the Sal branch. They are spoken...
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"Sovereign Kachin nation state") is a Kachin political organisation in Myanmar (Burma), established on 5 February 1961. It has an armed wing, the Kachin Independence...
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process of becoming one Kachin Party, Kachin State Party, with Kachin State Democracy Party, Kachin Democratic Party and Kachin National Congress through...
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The Kachin Levies were a British special force created in World War II in Burma. The Levies were made up of members of the Kachin people under the command...
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List of ethnic groups in Myanmar (section Kachin)
eight "major national ethnic races": Bamar Kayin Rakhine Shan Mon Chin Kachin Karenni The "major national ethnic races" are grouped primarily according...
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The Mizoram–Manipur–Kachin rain forests is a subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion which occupies the lower hillsides of the mountainous border...
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the rebel-occupied Kachin State of northern Myanmar. Since the renewal of the Kachin Conflict in 2011, violence between the Kachin Independence Army and...
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Aung La Nsang (category Burmese Kachin people)
အောင်လအန်ဆန်း; born on May 21, 1985) is an American-Burmese mixed martial artist of Kachin descent. He is currently signed to ONE Championship, where he competes in...
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2012, the ongoing conflicts in Myanmar included the Kachin conflict, between the Pro-Christian Kachin Independence Army and the government; a civil war...
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Sectarian violence in Pakistan South- east Myanmar conflict Myanmar civil war Kachin conflict Kalay clashes Karen conflict Karen–Mon conflict Conflict in Rakhine...
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Manaw (festival) (category Kachin culture)
celebrated by Kachin people. Mostly held at Myitkyina, Kachin State also known as မနောမြေ( Manaw Land ) in Myanmar and also celebrated by Kachin people around...
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The Kachin Defense Army (Burmese: ကချင်ကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့; abbreviated KDA), also known as the Kaungkha militia, is an armed insurgent group that operates...
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Kachin torrent frog (Amolops afghanus) is a species of true frog native to Myanmar. Kachin torrent frog is an obscure species and not much is known about...
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