nội thành

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of nội- (inside) +‎ thành phố (city). An apparent "Sino-Vietnamese" construction that is syntactically ill-formed per Classical Chinese, since it implies "inner city" rather than "inside a city", but, however, aligns with the grammatical Vietnamese construction trong thành phố. A well-formed Sino-Vietnamese construction would be *thành nội. Compare Japanese 城内 (jōnai, thành nội, inside the castle in question).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

nội thành

  1. within the borders of a thành phố trực thuộc trung ương or a thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh
    gọi nội thànhto make an in-city call

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