Chợ Lớn

See also: Cholon

Vietnamese

Etymology

chợ (“market”) +‎ lớn (“big”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəː˧˨ʔ ləːn˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəː˨˩ʔ ləːŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəː˨˩˨ ləːŋ˦˥]

Proper noun

Chợ Lớn • (𢄂𡘯)

  1. A market in Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk
  2. Cholon, the Chinese district in Ho Chi Minh City
  3. Bình Tây Market (Chợ Bình Tây), the market around which Cholon is formed
  4. (historical) A former province of Đại Nam and South Vietnam from 1899 to 1951.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Cholon
  • → French: Cholon

See also

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