Cần Thơ

Cần Thơ

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Cần Thơ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkənθəː/

Proper noun

Cần Thơ

1. A city in Vietnam.

Translations

city of Vietnam

Arabic: كن تاه‎ Chinese: Mandarin: 芹苴 (Qínjū) Japanese: カントー (Kantō) Khmer: ទីក្រុងព្រែកឫស្សី (tikrŏngprêkrœ̆ssei) Korean: 껀터 (kkeonteo) Russian: Кантхо (Kantxo) Thai: เกิ่นเทอ Vietnamese: Cần Thơ (vi) (芹苴)

Anagrams

• chaton, chonta

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Unknown. One theory proposes that this is a corruption of Cầm Thi in Cầm Thi Giang (literally “river of poems”), a poetic name given by Gia Long for a river nearby. Another legend has it that this is a combination of rau cần (“water dropwort”) +‎ rau thơm (“mint”), both products of the Cần Thơ area in ancient times. See the Vietnamese Wikipedia for more.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kən˨˩ tʰəː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəŋ˦˩ tʰəː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəŋ˨˩ tʰəː˧˧]

Proper noun

Cần Thơ • (芹苴)

1. Cần Thơ (a city in Vietnam)