linh địa

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 靈 (“spirit”) and 地 (“land”).

Pronunciation

Noun

linh địa

  1. (Roman Catholicism) holy place; shrine (holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific figure of respect)
    • 2018 August 10, Trầm Hương Thơ, “Cộng Đồng Công Giáo Việt Nam miền Trung Tây Đức Quốc hành hương Đức Mẹ Lộ Đức [Vietnamese Catholic Community of West-Central Germany goes on a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes]”, in VietCatholic News‎, retrieved 2022-07-23:
      Xe lên đường từ 7h00 sáng vượt hơn 800 cây số cho đến 19h chiều mới tới Linh Địa Đức Mẹ Lộ Đức.
      The bus drove straight for more than 800 kilometers from 7:00 in the morning to 19:00 in the evening until it reached the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes.
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