Tây Á

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 西亞, composed of 西 (“west”) and 亞 (“Asia”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [təj˧˧ ʔaː˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [təj˧˧ ʔaː˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [təj˧˧ ʔaː˦˥]

Proper noun

Tây Á

  1. West Asia (the westernmost geographic region of Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia)

Adjective

Tây Á

  1. West Asian
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