Lý Sơn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Superficially Sino-Vietnamese word from 理 and 山.

The first element of the name is the phonetic rendering of the tên Nôm cù lao Ré using Chinese character. cù lao (“islet”) +‎ ré (“a plant called ré (possibly Alpinia tonkinensis)”). Cù lao Ré is the largest of the three islands (the archipelago).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [li˧˦ səːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lɪj˨˩˦ ʂəːŋ˧˧] ~ [lɪj˨˩˦ səːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lɪj˦˥ ʂəːŋ˧˧] ~ [lɪj˦˥ səːŋ˧˧]

Proper noun

Lý Sơn

  1. Lý Sơn (an island district in Quảng Ngãi Province, Vietnam)
  2. An archipelago of Vietnam
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