Vẹc Sai

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • Vẹc-xai

Etymology

Named by Vietnamese-American residents in the 1970s after the Versailles Arms apartment complex where they first settled upon arriving in New Orleans.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɛk̚˧˨ʔ saːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vɛk̚˨˩ʔ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [vɛk̚˨˩ʔ saːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vɛk̚˨˩˨ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [jɛk̚˨˩˨ saːj˧˧]

Proper noun

Vẹc Sai

  1. (US) Versailles (a neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)

References

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