Placenames for Burma are provided by the US Government National Geospatial Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server, a list derived from Russian topographic maps, lists received from NGOs, and other sources.
[7] William Bright says the name comes from the
Alsea placename yáx̣ayky (IPA: / ˈjaχajkʲ /).
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