Đà Nẵng

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Đà Nẵng.

Proper noun

Đà Nẵng

A city in Vietnam.

Translations

city in Vietnam

Chinese:
Mandarin: 峴港 (zh), 岘港 (zh) (Xiàngǎng)

Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: Đà Nẵng (vi)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Possibly from Cham đanak‎ (“mouth of a river”), đarak‎ (“large river”), or from Old Cham đaknan‎, đaknưn‎, from đak‎ (“water”) + nưng‎ (“wide”), after the Hàn River.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˨˩ naŋ˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˦˩ naŋ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˨˩ naŋ˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Đà Nẵng (沱灢)

Da Nang or Danang (a large city in Vietnam)

Synonyms

Vũng Thùng (colloquial)
Trà Úc (literary)
Trà Áo (literary)
Trà Sơn (literary)
Đồng Long Loan (literary)
Cửa Hàn (historic)
Thái Phiên (historic)

References

Vũ Hùng (November 2006), “Những tên gọi về thành phố Đà Nẵng”, in Tạp chí Xưa và Nay‎ (in Vietnamese)

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