Á Tế Á

See also: atea

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 亞細亞.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˦ te˧˦ ʔaː˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaː˨˩˦ tej˨˩˦ ʔaː˨˩˦]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔaː˦˥ tej˦˥ ʔaː˦˥]

Proper noun

Á Tế Á

  1. (rare, obsolete) Asia
    Synonym: châu Á
    • 1920, Trần Trọng Kim, Việt Nam sử lược‎, volume I, Trung Bắc Tân Văn, page 4:
      Nước Việt-nam ở về phía đông-nam châu Á-tế-á […]
      The country of Vietnam is located in the southeast of the continent of Asia […]

Derived terms
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