Úc
Vietnamese
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Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 澳, contracted from 澳大利 (Úc Đại Lợi), from Mandarin 澳大利亞 / 澳大利亚 (Àodàlìyà, phonetically properly in Sino-Vietnamese Áo Đại Lợi Á). The reading úc (“riverbank”) is used perhaps to avoid confusion with Áo (“Austria”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔʊwk͡p̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔʊwk͡p̚˦˥]
- Homophone: út
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Úc
- (colloquial) Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)
Synonyms
[edit]- (country): Úc Đại Lợi; Ô-xtrây-li-a
- (continent): Úc Châu; châu Úc; lục địa Úc
Adjective
[edit]Úc
- (colloquial) Australian (of, from or relating to Australia)
Anagrams
[edit]See also
[edit]Categories:
- Sino-Vietnamese words
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms with homophones
- Vietnamese terms with audio pronunciation
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese proper nouns
- Vietnamese colloquialisms
- vi:Australia
- vi:Countries in Oceania
- vi:Islands
- vi:Former dependent territories
- Vietnamese adjectives
- vi:Demonyms