Hanoi

See also: Hanói, Hanoï, Hà Nội, and ha noi

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vietnamese Hà Nội, which is a Sino-Vietnamese word, 河內.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɑːˈnɔɪ/, /hæˈnɔɪ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Proper noun

Hanoi

  1. The capital city of Vietnam.
    • 1959 December, “Talking of Trains: Five trains to Hanoi”, in Trains Illustrated, page 579:
      If you have seventeen days and £168 to spare, can satisfy the Iron Curtain authorities of your bona fides and your taste runs to marathon rail travel, you can now board the "Night Ferry" at Victoria and ride across the whole of Europe and Asia to Hanoi, capital of North Viet-Nam, changing carriage only at Brussels, Berlin, Moscow and Pekin.
    • 1999, John McCain, Faith of My Fathers[1], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 285:
      YOUR SON WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WHEN SHOT DOWN IN HANOI BUT HAS MADE FINE RECOVERY AND NOW, ACCORDING THIS GROUP, LOOKS "QUITE WELL." HE HAS BEEN EVERYTHING YOU WANT YOUR SON TO BE AND HAS STOOD UP MANFULLY AGAINST ALL EFFORTS TO PERSUADE HIM TO UTTER TRAITOROUS STATEMENTS.
  2. (metonymic) the Vietnamese government.

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Hanoi

  1. Hanoi (the capital city of Vietnam)

Derived terms

  • Hanoier
  • Hanois

Danish

Proper noun

Hanoi

  1. Hanoi (the capital city of Vietnam)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Hà Nội.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haˈnɔʏ̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: ha noi

Proper noun

Hanoi n (proper noun, genitive Hanois or (optionally with an article) Hanoi)

  1. Hanoi (the capital city of Vietnam)

Japanese

Romanization

Hanoi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ハノイ

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Hà Nội, from Chinese 河內 / 河内 (Hénèi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxa.nɔj/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anɔj
  • Syllabification: Ha‧noi

Proper noun

Hanoi n (indeclinable)

  1. Hanoi (the capital city of Vietnam)

Derived terms

adjective
  • hanojski
nouns
  • hanojczyk
  • hanojka

Further reading

  • Hanoi in Polish dictionaries at PWN