Việt Nam

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

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation) VN

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 越南, composed of 越 (“Yue”) and 南 (“south”). The name Việt Nam is a variation of Nam Việt (南越; pinyin: Nányuè; literally Southern Yue), a name that can be traced back to the dynasty of King Zhao Tuo during the 2nd century BC. "Nam Việt" was once considered for a new name by the Nguyễn dynasty, but then the Qing dynasty (to whom the Nguyễn dynasty was voluntarily subordinate) re-ordered the name into "Việt Nam" due to its history.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viət̚˧˨ʔ naːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩ʔ naːm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) 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

Việt Nam

1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

   lịch sử Việt Nam ― Vietnamese history

Synonyms

• Cộng hoà Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Việt Nam (“Socialist Republic of Vietnam”)
• Việt (attributive)

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)
• → Japanese: ベトナム (Betonamu), 越南 (Etsunan)
• → Khmer: វៀតណាម (viət naam)
• → Korean: 베트남 (Beteunam), 월남 (Wollam), 윁남 (Wennam)
• → Lao: ຫວຽດນາມ (wīat nām)
• → Russian: Вьетна́м (Vʹjetnám)
• → Thai: เวียดนาม (wîiat-naam)

Anagrams

• Nam Việt (“Nanyue”)