Cẩm Lệ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Originally the name of a fruit that was sold there: either a black-skinned bitter melon[1] or a type of lychee.[2] A folk etymology traces the name to the tears (Vietnamese: lệ) shed for a girl named Cẩm.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəm˧˩ le˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəm˧˨ lej˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəm˨˩˦ lej˨˩˨]

Proper noun

Cẩm Lệ

  1. (làng ～, quận ～) a village and urban district of Da Nang, Vietnam
  2. (sông ～) a river in Da Nang, Vietnam, especially the part of that river that is entirely inside Cẩm Lệ district
    Near-synonym: sông Cầu Đỏ

References

  1. ^ Võ Văn Hòe, Hồ Tấn Tuấn, Lưu Anh Rô (2007) “Thử lập hồ hơ: Cẩm Lệ - Cẩm Nam – Cẩm Bắc”, in Văn hóa xứ Quảng – Một góc nhìn, NXB Đà Nẵng
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Xuất xứ của địa danh Cẩm Lệ”, in Báo Đà Nẵng‎[1], 2010
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