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Việt Nam

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See also: vietnam, Vietnam, Víetnam, Viëtnam, Viet Nam, and Viêt Nam

Vietnamese

Việt Nam on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Việt-Nam, Việt-nam
(initialism) VN

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 越南, composed of 越 (“Yue”) and 南 (“south”), altered from Nam Việt, originally a kingdom in present-day southern China and northern Vietnam, ruled by Zhao Tuo during the 2nd century BC. Nam Việt was once considered for a new name by Emperor Gia Long, but altered, to avoid any claims on territory of China, at the behest of the Qing dynasty, to which the Nguyễn dynasty was a tributary state.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viət̚˧˨ʔ naːm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩ʔ naːm˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩˨ naːm˧˧] ~ [jiək̚˨˩˨ naːm˧˧]
(Vinh) IPA^(key): /viət˨˨ naːm˧˥/
(Thanh Chương) IPA^(key): /viə̰t˨˨ naːm˧˥/
(Hà Tĩnh) IPA^(key): /viə̰t˨˨ naːm˧˥˧/
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Proper noun

Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Synonyms: Cộng hoà Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Việt Nam, Nam Việt

lịch sử Việt Nam ― Vietnamese history

Descendants

→ Arabic: فِيتْنَام (viyitnām)
→ Hijazi Arabic: ڤِيِتْنام (viyitnām)
→ Armenian: Վիետնամ (Vietnam)
→ English: Vietnam
→ French: Vietnam, Viêt Nam
→ Georgian: ვიეტნამი (vieṭnami)
→ German: Vietnam
→ Greek: Βιετνάμ (Vietnám)
→ Hebrew: וייטנאם / וְיֶטְנָאם (vyetnam)
→ Hindi: वियतनाम (viyatnām)
→ Irish: Vítneam
→ Italian: Vietnam
→ Japanese: ベトナム (Betonamu), 越南 (Etsunan)
→ Khmer: វៀតណាម (viət naam)
→ Korean: 베트남 (Beteunam), 월남 (Wollam), 윁남 (Wennam)
→ Lao: ຫວຽດນາມ (huāit nām)
→ Russian: Вьетна́м (Vʹjetnám)
→ Thai: เวียดนาม (wîiat-naam)

See also

References

^ Nguyễn Phương (1963), 82 NĂM VIỆT-SỬ [82 YEARS OF VIETNAMESE HISTORY] (in Vietnamese), Hue University of Education

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