Lĩnh Nam
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese
word from
嶺南
.
Pronunciation
(
Hà Nội
)
IPA
(key)
:
[lïŋ˦ˀ˥ naːm˧˧]
(
Huế
)
IPA
(key)
:
[lɨn˧˨ naːm˧˧]
(
Saigon
)
IPA
(key)
:
[lɨn˨˩˦ naːm˧˧]
Proper noun
Lĩnh
Nam
Lingnan
(
the
area
of
China
south
of the
Nanling
Mountains
, covering the modern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan as well as modern northern Vietnam
)