Kyangin

Kyangin ( my, ကြံခင်းမြို့) is a town in the

Ayeyarwady Division Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...

of south-west

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. It is the seat of the Kyangin Township in the

Hinthada District Hinthada District ( my, ဟင်္သာတခရိုင်; formerly Henzada District) is a district of Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar. Townships The district contains the following township A township is a kind of human settlement or adm ...

. The name Kyangin came from Kyant Kin. ''Kyant'' means ''crocodile'' in

Mon language The Mon language (, mnw, ဘာသာမန်, links=no, (Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည်) ; my, မွန်ဘာသာ; th, ภาษามอญ; formerly known as Peguan and Talaing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon peop ...

, and here ''Kin'' means ''guard for taxation on waterway''. Kyangin Town Ayeyarwady Region

Populated places in Ayeyarwady Region Township capitals of Myanmar {{Ayeyarwady-geo-stub