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Hanoi

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See also: Hanói, Hanoï, Hà Nội, Ha Noi, and ha noi

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vietnamese Hà Nội, which is a Sino-Vietnamese word, 河內.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hanoi

  1. The capital city of Vietnam.
    • 1959 December, “Talking of Trains: Five trains to Hanoi”, in Trains Illustrated, page 579:
      If you have seventeen days and £168 to spare, can satisfy the Iron Curtain authorities of your bona fides and your taste runs to marathon rail travel, you can now board the "Night Ferry" at Victoria and ride across the whole of Europe and Asia to Hanoi, capital of North Viet-Nam, changing carriage only at Brussels, Berlin, Moscow and Pekin.
    • 1999, John McCain, Faith of My Fathers[1], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 285:
      YOUR SON WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WHEN SHOT DOWN IN HANOI BUT HAS MADE FINE RECOVERY AND NOW, ACCORDING THIS GROUP, LOOKS "QUITE WELL." HE HAS BEEN EVERYTHING YOU WANT YOUR SON TO BE AND HAS STOOD UP MANFULLY AGAINST ALL EFFORTS TO PERSUADE HIM TO UTTER TRAITOROUS STATEMENTS.
  2. (metonymic) the Vietnamese government.

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Translations

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See also

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Province-level divisions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in English (layout · text)
Municipalities: Cần Thơ · Da Nang · Hanoi · Haiphong · Hue · Ho Chi Minh City
Provinces: An Giang · Bắc Ninh · Cà Mau · Cao Bằng · Đắk Lắk · Điện Biên · Đồng Nai · Đồng Tháp · Gia Lai · Hà Tĩnh · Hưng Yên · Khánh Hoà · Lai Châu · Lạng Sơn · Lào Cai · Lâm Đồng · Nghệ An · Ninh Bình · Phú Thọ · Quảng Ngãi · Quảng Ninh · Quảng Trị · Sơn La · Tây Ninh · Thái Nguyên · Thanh Hoá · Tuyên Quang · Vĩnh Long

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Hanoi

  1. Hanoi (the capital city of Vietnam)

Derived terms

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Danish

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Proper noun

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Hanoi

  1. Hanoi (the capital city of Vietnam)

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vietnamese Hà Nội.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hanoi n (proper noun, genitive Hanois or (optionally with an article) Hanoi)

  1. Hanoi (the capital city of Vietnam)

Japanese

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Romanization

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Hanoi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ハノイ

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vietnamese Hà Nội, from Chinese 河內 / 河内 (Hénèi).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hanoi n (indeclinable)

  1. Hanoi (the capital city of Vietnam)

Derived terms

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adjective

Further reading

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  • Hanoi in Polish dictionaries at PWN