Uông Bí

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Uông Bí.

Proper noun

Uông Bí

1. A city in Quảng Ninh, Vietnam.

Translations

city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汪秘 (Wāngmì)

• Vietnamese: Uông Bí (vi)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Uông +‎ Bí.

Uông and Bí were names of two clusters of villages. The Uông villages seemingly took their name from the Uông, a tributary of the Bạch Đằng River. The Bí villages were part of the canton of Bí Giàng.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔuəŋ˧˧ ʔɓi˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔuəŋ˧˧ ʔɓɪj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔuəŋ˧˧ ʔɓɪj˦˥]

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Proper noun

Uông Bí

1. Uông Bí (a city in Quảng Ninh, Vietnam)

Descendants

• → English: Uông Bí