Bình Định

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Bình Định.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪndɪn/

Proper noun

Bình Định

  1. A province of Vietnam.

Translations

See also

Province-level divisions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in English (layout · text)
Municipalities: Cần Thơ · Da Nang · Hanoi · Haiphong · Hue · Ho Chi Minh City
Provinces: An Giang · Bắc Ninh · Cà Mau · Cao Bằng · Đắk Lắk · Điện Biên · Đồng Nai · Đồng Tháp · Gia Lai · Hà Tĩnh · Hưng Yên · Khánh Hoà · Lai Châu · Lạng Sơn · Lào Cai · Lâm Đồng · Nghệ An · Ninh Bình · Phú Thọ · Quảng Ngãi · Quảng Ninh · Quảng Trị · Sơn La · Tây Ninh · Thái Nguyên · Thanh Hoá · Tuyên Quang · Vĩnh Long

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 平定 (“subjugation”).

The toponym was coined in 1799 by the first emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty, Nguyễn Ánh, after he had taken this land from the Tây Sơn Dynasty.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓïŋ˨˩ ʔɗïŋ˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨn˦˩ ʔɗɨn˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨn˨˩ ʔɗɨn˨˩˨]
  • Homophone: bình định

Proper noun

Bình Định

  1. Bình Định (a province of Vietnam)

Descendants

  • → English: Bình Định

See also

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