Tô Lịch

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蘇 and 瀝. This is apparently the name of a Han Chinese bureaucrat, who governed the territory of what is now Hanoi during Vietnam's Second Era of Northern Domination (c. 4th century), later enshrined and worshiped by local Vietnamese as a citadel deity (thành hoàng).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [to˧˧ lïk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tow˧˧ lɨt̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tow˧˧ lɨt̚˨˩˨]

Proper noun

Tô Lịch

  1. local deity
  2. (sông ～) a river in Hanoi, Vietnam
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