cố hương

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 故鄉, composed of 故 (“old”) and 鄉 (“hometown”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ko˧˦ hɨəŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kow˨˩˦ hɨəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kow˦˥ hɨəŋ˧˧]

Noun

cố hương

(literary) Synonym of quê cũ (“hometown; birthplace”)
- Matsuo Bashō's haiku, translated by Đoàn Lê Giang:
  Đất khách mười mùa sương
  về thăm quê ngoảnh lại
  Ê-đô là cố hương.
  autumn, ten years:
  now I point to Edo
  as the old home.
  (literally, “It was the strange land for ten misty years
  but when I came back home
  it was Edo that felt like my old home.”)

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