天南

天南

1. (Vietnamese Classical Chinese) Vietnam

   • 天南四寶剩陳聞 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《香海院》 by Bùi Cơ Túc

     Thiên Nam tứ bảo thặng trần văn. [Sino-Vietnamese]

     In Vietnam, four treasures still linger as faded tales

Compound of 天 (ama, “heavens, sky”) +‎ 南 (minami, “south”).

• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠mʲina̠mʲi]

天(あま)南(みなみ) • (Amaminami) 

1. a surname

The sora portion is likely from 空 (sora, “sky”), for which the 天 character would be ateji (当て字). The derivation of the na element is unknown.

• IPA^(key): [so̞ɾa̠na̠]

天南(そらな) • (Sorana) 

1. a female given name