Kinh Đô

See also: kinh đô

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 京都, from Japanese 京都 (Kyōto).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kïŋ˧˧ ʔɗo˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
Homophone: kinh đô

Proper noun

Kinh Đô

(rare, literary) Synonym of Ki-ô-tô (“Kyoto”), The capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and former capital of Japan
- Matsuo Bashō's haiku, translated by Đoàn Lê Giang:
  Chim đỗ quyên hót
  ở Kinh đô
  mà nhớ Kinh đô.
  even in Kyoto
  hearing the cuckoo's cry
  I long for Kyoto.
  (literally, “The cuckoo's singing
  here in Kyoto
  I long for Kyoto.”)

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