Cần Thơ

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Cần Thơ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkənθəː/

Proper noun

Cần Thơ

  1. A city in 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

Anagrams

Vietnamese

Etymology

Unknown. One theory proposes that this is a corruption of Cầm Thi in Cầm Thi Giang (literally “river of poems”), a poetic name given by Gia Long for a river nearby. Another legend has it that this is a combination of rau cần (“water dropwort”) +‎ rau thơm (“mint”), both products of the Cần Thơ area in ancient times.

The suggestions above are both certainly folk etymologies. The Cần in placenames almost always reflects a presyllable of the shape kVN- in Khmer (where N is a nasal), compare Cần Giờ (from Khmer កញ្ជើ (kɑñcəə)), Cần Giuộc (from Khmer កន្ទួត (kɑntuət)), Cần Vọt/Cần Bột (from Khmer កំពត (kɑmpɔɔt)). Still, it is not known which specific Khmer item Cần Thơ was borrowed from.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kən˨˩ tʰəː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəŋ˦˩ tʰəː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəŋ˨˩ tʰəː˧˧]

Proper noun

Cần Thơ • (芹苴)

  1. Cần Thơ (a city in Vietnam)
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