Nam Hàn

See also: Nam Hán

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南韓, from Korean 남한 (Namhan). This term was adopted by the former country of South Vietnam and survives in Overseas Vietnamese communities.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ haːn˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ haːŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ haːŋ˨˩]
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Proper noun

Nam Hàn

  1. (previously South Vietnam, Overseas Vietnamese) South Korea (a country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula)
    Synonyms: Đại Hàn, (current name in Vietnam) Hàn Quốc, (previously North Vietnam) Nam Triều Tiên
    Antonym: (Overseas Vietnamese, previously South Vietnam) Bắc Hàn
    • 1970, Đỗ Ngọc Nhận, Van de Chi dao chien luoc trong Chien tranh Viet-Nam‎[1], page 463:
      Ở Nam-Hàn, lãnh tụ Cộng-sản Kim-Nhật-Thành...
      In South Korea, Communist supreme leader Kim Il-sung...
    • 2014 May 22, “Chiến hạm Nam, Bắc Hàn bắn nhau trên biển”, in Nguoi Viet Daily News‎[2]:
      Tàu Nam Hàn phản pháo, bắn trả mấy phát vào khu vực gần chiếc tàu Bắc Hàn.
      The South Korean ship returned fire and shot in the vicinity of̀ the North Korean ship several times.
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