Lý Sơn
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Vietnamese
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Etymology
[edit]Superficially Sino-Vietnamese word from 理 and 山.
The first element of the name is the phonetic rendering of the tên Nôm cù lao Ré using Chinese character. cù lao (“islet”) + ré (“a plant called ré (possibly Alpinia tonkinensis)”). Cù lao Ré is the largest of the three islands (the archipelago).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [li˧˦ səːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [lɪj˨˩˦ ʂəːŋ˧˧] ~ [lɪj˨˩˦ səːŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [lɪj˦˥ ʂəːŋ˧˧] ~ [lɪj˦˥ səːŋ˧˧]
Proper noun
[edit]- Lý Sơn (an island district in Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam)
- An archipelago of Vietnam