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==Etymology== ''Dawei'' derives from the [[Mon language]] term ''hawai'' ({{langx|mnw|ααα²α«}}; {{IPA|/hΙwai/}}), which means 'to sit cross-legged', in reference to the Buddha's sitting posture on the [[palin (throne)]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tun|first=Than|date=1988|title=Observations on the Translation and Annotation of the Royal Orders Of Burma|journal=Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies|volume=4|issue=1|pages=91β99|jstor=40860260}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://burmese.phophtawnews.org/index.php/feature/item/852-2013-11-07-04-04-57.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626130840/http://burmese.phophtawnews.org/index.php/feature/item/852-2013-11-07-04-04-57.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 June 2015|title=αα½ααΊααα―α·αα¬αα± αα¬αα ααα―ααΊαΈα αα½ααΊ α‘αα±α«αΊα‘αα±α«αΊαα»α¬αΈ|last=Banyar|first=Ko|date=7 November 2013|website=Phophtaw News Association}}</ref>
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