Mĩ Tho
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- Mỹ Tho
Etymology
From Khmer ស្រុក (srok, “inhabited area”) + មេ (mee, “girl”) + ស (sɑɑ, “white”), literally "land of white girls". The first element was somehow dropped.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mi˦ˀ˥ tʰɔ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mɪj˧˨ tʰɔ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mɪj˨˩˦ tʰɔ˧˧]
Proper noun
Mĩ Tho • (美 + 收/荍/菟/萩)
- (historical) a former province of Vietnam, now part of Tiền Giang Province
- the capital city of Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam
- a river in Vietnam, the Mỹ Tho River