Việt Nam

See also: vietnam, Vietnam, Víetnam, Viëtnam, Viet Nam, and Viêt Nam

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(abbreviation) VN

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 越南, composed of 越 (“Yue”) and 南 (“south”). The name Việt Nam is a variation of Nam Việt (南越; pinyin: Nányuè; literally Southern Yue), a name that can be traced back to the dynasty of King Zhao Tuo during the 2nd century BC. "Nam Việt" was once considered for a new name by the Nguyễn dynasty, but then the Qing dynasty (to whom the Nguyễn dynasty was voluntarily subordinate) re-ordered the name into "Việt Nam" due to its history.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viət̚˧˨ʔ naːm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩ʔ naːm˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩˨ naːm˧˧] ~ [jiək̚˨˩˨ naːm˧˧]
(Vinh) IPA^(key): /viət˨˨ naːm˧˥/
(Thanh Chương) IPA^(key): /viə̰t˨˨ naːm˧˥/
(Hà Tĩnh) IPA^(key): /viə̰t˨˨ naːm˧˥˧/
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Proper noun

Việt Nam

Vietnam (a country in Asia; capital: Hanoi; largest city: Ho Chi Minh City)
lịch sử Việt Nam ― Vietnamese history

Synonyms

Cộng hoà Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Việt Nam (“Socialist Republic of Vietnam”)
Việt (attributive)

Descendants

→ Arabic: فِيتْنَام‎ (viyitnām)
→ Hijazi Arabic: ڤِيِتْنام‎ (viyitnām)
→ Armenian: Վիետնամ (Vietnam)
→ English: Vietnam
→ French: Vietnam, Viêt Nam
→ Georgian: ვიეტნამი (vieṭnami)
→ German: Vietnam
→ Greek: Βιετνάμ (Vietnám)
→ Hebrew: וייטנאם / וְיֶטְנָאם‎ (vyetnam)
→ Hindi: वियतनाम (viyatnām)
→ Japanese: ベトナム (Betonamu), 越南 (Etsunan)
→ Khmer: វៀតណាម (viət naam)
→ Korean: 베트남 (Beteunam), 월남 (Wollam), 윁남 (Wennam)
→ Lao: ຫວຽດນາມ (wīat nām)
→ Russian: Вьетна́м (Vʹjetnám)
→ Thai: เวียดนาม (wîiat-naam)

Anagrams

Nam Việt (“Nanyue”)