Hồng Lĩnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Superfically Sino-Vietnamese word from 鴻 (“proper noun”) and 嶺 (“mountain”).

The name of the mountain range is a tên chữ and a mix between a translation and a phonetic matching of the tên Nôm rú Hống (“Hống mountain”) and ngàn Hống.

The town name is taken from the name of mountain range.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ lïŋ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˦˩ lɨn˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ lɨn˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Hồng Lĩnh

  1. Hồng Lĩnh (a mountain range in Hà Tĩnh Province, Vietnam)
    Synonyms: rú Hống, ngàn Hống
  2. Hồng Lĩnh (a town in Hà Tĩnh Province, Vietnam)
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