Vũng Tàu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Vũng Tàu.

Proper noun

Vũng Tàu

A city in Vietnam; the former capital of the Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.

Translations

city in Vietnam

Chinese:
Mandarin: 頭頓／头顿 (zh) (Tóudùn)
Vietnamese: Vũng Tàu (vi)

Vietnamese

Etymology

From vũng +‎ tàu, literally "ship's puddle".

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˦ˀ˥ taw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˧˨ taw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦ ta(ː)w˨˩] ~ [jʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦ ta(ː)w˨˩]

Proper noun

Vũng Tàu (a city in Vietnam)

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