Âu Cơ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 嫗姬 (“Lady of the Âu Việt”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔəw˧˧ kəː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔəw˧˧ kəː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔəw˧˧ kəː˧˧]

Proper noun

Âu Cơ

1. Âu Cơ, a deified legendary figure, who is said to have been one of the two ancestors (the mother who laid 100 eggs) of the Vietnamese people (the Kinh) and wife to Lạc Long Quân