Hồng Lĩnh
Vietnamese
Etymology
Superfically Sino-Vietnamese word from 鴻 (“proper noun”) and 嶺 (“mountain”).
The name of the mountain range is a tên chữ and a mix between a translation and a phonetic matching of the tên Nôm rú Hống (“Hống mountain”) and ngàn Hống.
The town name is taken from the name of mountain range.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ lïŋ˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˦˩ lɨn˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ lɨn˨˩˦]
Proper noun
Hồng Lĩnh
- a mountain range in Hà Tĩnh
- Hồng Lĩnh (a town in Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam)