越南

Chinese

		Yue	south
simp. and trad. (越南)		越	南
anagram		南越
Literally: “south of Yue”.

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 越南

1. Vietnam

Synonyms

• 安南 (Ānnán, “Annam”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (越南):

• → Japanese: 越南(えつなん) (Etsunan)
• → Okinawan: 越南(いつなん) (Itsunan)
• → Korean: 월남(越南) (Wollam)
• → Vietnamese: Việt Nam (越南)

Others:

• → Zhuang: Yeznanz

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
越	南
べと Grade: S	なむ Grade: 2
irregular

Kanji in this term
越	南
えつ Grade: S	なん Grade: 2
kan'on	goon

The kanji spelling is derived from Middle Chinese 越南 (MC hjwot nom).

For pronunciation and definitions of 越南 – see the following entry.

【ベトナム】 [proper noun] Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

(This term, 越南, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
越	南

Proper noun

越南 • (Wollam) (hangeul 월남)

1. hanja form^? of 월남 (“(rare) Vietnam”)

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Okinawan

Proper noun

越南 (hiragana いつなん, romaji Itsunan, sort いつなん)

1. Vietnam

   Synonym: ベトナム (Betonamu), 安南 (Annan)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
越	南

Proper noun

越南

1. chữ Hán form of Việt Nam (“Vietnam”).

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Zhuang

Proper noun

越南

1. Sawndip form of Yeznanz