Đà Nẵng

See also: Da Nang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Đà Nẵng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːnæŋ/, /dəˈnæŋ/

Proper noun

Đà Nẵng

1. A city in Vietnam.

Translations

city in Vietnam

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 峴港／岘港 (jin⁶ gong²), 岘港 (jin⁶ gong²)

  Mandarin: 峴港／岘港 (zh) (Xiàngǎng), 岘港 (zh) (Xiàngǎng)

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• Japanese: ダナン (Danan)
• Vietnamese: Đà Nẵng (vi)

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Possibly from Eastern Cham đanak (“mouth of a river”), đarak (“large river”), or from Western Cham đaknan, đaknưn, from đak (“water”) + nưng (“wide”), after the Hàn River.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˨˩ naŋ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˦˩ naŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˨˩ naŋ˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Đà Nẵng • (沱灢)

1. Da Nang, Danang (a large city in Central Vietnam)

Synonyms

• Vũng Thùng (colloquial)
• Trà Úc (literary)
• Trà Áo (literary)
• Trà Sơn (literary)
• Đồng Long Loan (literary)
• Cửa Hàn (historic)
• Thái Phiên (historic)