Than Đá

See also: thanda and than đá

Vietnamese

Etymology

than (“coal”) +‎ đá (“rock”), calque of Chinese 石炭 (thạch thán, “coal”), from Chinese 石炭紀 / 石炭纪 (Thạch Thán kỉ).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaːn˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaː˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaː˦˥]
  • Homophone: than đá

Proper noun

Than Đá

  1. (geology, dated) synonym of Các-bon (“Carboniferous”)
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