Phù Tang
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 扶桑 (an alternate Chinese name of the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), derived from the name of a legendary tree that was said to have grown somewhere in the East China Sea (東海), where the sun rose. The name was also used to refer to the sun, and a legendary country that was located in the East.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fu˨˩ taːŋ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [fʊw˦˩ taːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [fʊw˨˩ taːŋ˧˧]
Proper noun
Phù Tang
- (literary, Chinese mythology) Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan
- (literary) Japan
- xứ Phù Tang
- the land of Japan