Cầu Đỏ

Vietnamese

Etymology

cầu +‎ đỏ, literally “red bridge”, from the name of one of the bridges spanning the river. This bridge used to be red, but is now white.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəw˨˩ ʔɗɔ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəw˦˩ ʔɗɔ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəw˨˩ ʔɗɔ˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Cầu Đỏ

  1. (sông ～) a river in Da Nang, Vietnam, especially the part of that river that flows on the boundary between Hoà Vang district and Cẩm Lệ district
    Near-synonym: sông Cẩm Lệ

References

  1. ^ Nguyễn Quang Trung Tiến (2010) “Sóng nước Đà giang - Kỳ 1: Muôn dặm sông Hàn”, in Báo Pháp luật‎[1]
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