Mĩ Tho

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Mỹ Tho

Etymology

From Khmer ស្រុក (srok, “inhabited area”) + មេ (mee, “girl”) + ស (sɑɑ, “white”), literally "land of white girls". The first element was somehow dropped.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mi˦ˀ˥ tʰɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɪj˧˨ tʰɔ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɪj˨˩˦ tʰɔ˧˧]

Proper noun

Mĩ Tho • (美 + 收/荍/菟/萩)

1. (history) a former province of Vietnam, now part of Tiền Giang Province
2. the capital city of Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam
3. a river in Vietnam, the Mỹ Tho River