Bassein

[ buh-seyn ]

/ bəˈseɪn /

a city in SW Burma, near the mouth of the Irrawaddy River.

Example sentences from the Web for bassein

It will be proper to explain why it was considered necessary to detach a part of the forces to Bassein.

Olla Podrida |Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
He had long been discontented with the subordinate position which he had occupied since the treaty of Bassein.

The Political History of England - Vol XI |George Brodrick
The Peishwa was forced to fly, and take refuge at Bassein, where he entered into negotiations for British support.

At the Point of the Bayonet |G. A. Henty
I still think, however, that those mosquitoes of the Bassein Creek are incomparable.

From Edinburgh to India & Burmah |William G. Burn Murdoch

Having finished the Census, I went to Bassein, riding most of the way over bare rice-fields.

A Civil Servant in Burma |Herbert Thirkel White

Bassein

/ (bɑːˈseɪn) /

a city in Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy delta: a port on the Bassein River (the westernmost distributary of the Irrawaddy). Pop: 231 000 (2005 est)