Kinh Đô

See also: kinh đô

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 京都, from Japanese 京都 (Kyōto).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kïŋ˧˧ ʔɗo˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
  • Homophone: kinh đô

Proper noun

Kinh Đô

  1. (rare, literary) synonym of Ki-ô-tô (“Kyoto”), the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and former capital of Japan
    • Matsuo Bashō's haiku, translated by Đoàn Lê Giang:
      Chim đỗ quyên hót
      ở Kinh đô
      mà nhớ Kinh đô.
      even in Kyoto
      hearing the cuckoo's cry
      I long for Kyoto.
      (literally, “The cuckoo's singing
      here in Kyoto
      I long for Kyoto.      ”)
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