hợp chúng quốc

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (eggcorn) hợp chủng quốc

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 合眾國, composed of 合 (“united”), 眾 (“masses”) and 國 (“country; state”), from Chinese 合眾國／合众国 (hézhòngguó). The exact etymology is unclear.

• The 眾／众 (“the masses”) (Japanese 衆 (shū)) might have been a misinterpretation of Japanese 州 (shū, châu, “province; state”), thus a literal "united states"
• 合眾／合众 (literally “the united masses”) or 眾國／众国 (literally “states of the masses”) might convey something similar to 共和 (gònghé, “republican (states)”), thus a "united republican states"

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [həːp̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˦ kuək̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [həːp̚˨˩ʔ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˦˧˥ kuək̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [həːp̚˨˩˨ cʊwŋ͡m˦˥ wək̚˦˥]

Noun

hợp chúng quốc

1. (almost always in countries' official names) the united states

   Hợp Chúng Quốc Mĩ/Hoa Kì

   the United States of America

   Hợp Chúng Quốc Mê-hi-cô

   the United Mexican States

   Hợp Chúng Quốc Cô-lôm-bi-a

   the United States of Colombia

Further reading

• “Hợp chúng quốc Hoa Kỳ hay Hợp chủng quốc Hoa Kỳ?”, in Báo Điện tử VTV News‎^[1], 2015 July 16, retrieved 2019-05-04