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Prome (prōm) or Pyè (pyā), city (1983 pop. 83,332), Bago div., S central Myanmar, on the Ayeyarwady River. It is a commercial town and port, with railroad connections to Yangon. One of the oldest cities in Myanmar, Prome was founded in the 8th cent. by the Indianized Pyus, who were conquered and absorbed by the Mon kingdom of Bago, probably in the 9th cent. It was incorporated into British Burma in 1852. The ruins of the old city are near its modern namesake. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To show itself worthy of "summit city" status and future international attention, former prime minister Khin Nyunt told local developers in February 2004 that high-rise projects had to be finished in time for the event, especially several new buildings facing a major thoroughfare, Prome (Pyay) Road: "One of the important things is to make the city beautiful and pleasant to live in. First, in the midst of the self-congratulatory celebrations of city-living and the erection of transcendentally inspired monuments to reaffirm that city living, it has to challenge the Titanism and the Prome theanism: we are not gods. The ability to rapidly isolate device faults is very important to our customers," said Brian Promes, Product Manager, Enterprise Management Business Unit, Cisco Systems. |
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