Đống Đa

English

Proper noun

Đống Đa

  1. An urban district of Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnamese

Etymology

đống (“pile”) +‎ đa (“banyan”), literally “Piles of Banyan”

According to folk etymology, after the defeat of the Qing army (1788-1789), Emperor Quang Trung ordered his soldiers to collect enemy's corpses into 12 wide pits for burial. But due to too many enemy corpses, high mounds were formed. Later on these mounds were overgrown with banyan trees.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˦ ʔɗaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ ʔɗaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˥ ʔɗaː˧˧]

Proper noun

Đống Đa

  1. Đống Đa (an urban district of Hanoi)
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