Lào Cai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Lào Cai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʊkaɪ/

Proper noun

Lào Cai

  1. A province of Vietnam.
  2. A city in Vietnam.
    • [1978 May 24 [1978 May 21], “57,000 Persecuted Overseas Chinese Residing in Vietnam Have Returned to China”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎[1], volume I, number 101, sourced from Hong Kong TA KUNG PAO, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, page N 5‎[2]:
      Hokou County in Yunnan Province and Lao Kay in Vietnam are separated by a river. The two banks of the river are full of wandering Overseas Chinese refugees.]

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

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Hmong, from Chinese 老街 (MC lawX keaj) (SV: lão nhai).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laːw˨˩ kaːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [laːw˦˩ kaːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [laːw˨˩ kaːj˧˧]

Proper noun

Lào Cai • (老街, 牢該)

  1. Lào Cai (a province of Vietnam)
  2. Lào Cai (a city in Vietnam)

Descendants

  • → English: Lào Cai
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