Nam Tư

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南斯, contracted from Mandarin 南斯拉夫 (Nán Sīlāfū, Nam Tư Lạp Phu, literally “Southern Slav”). Compare Serbo-Croatian Jugòslāvija (literally “land of the Southern Slavs”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ tɨ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ tɨ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ tɨ˧˧]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Proper noun

Nam Tư

  1. (historical) Yugoslavia (a former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia)

Adjective

Nam Tư

  1. (historical) Yugoslav
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