Lĩnh Nam

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 嶺南.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lĩnh Nam

Lingnan (the area of China south of the Nanling Mountains, covering the modern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan as well as modern northern Vietnam)

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