Ba Đình

Vietnamese

Etymology

ba (“three”) +‎ đình (“village communal temple”), literally "three communal temples".

This name comes from the Ba Đình Uprising (1886-1887) of three villages: Mậu Thịnh, Thượng Thọ and Mỹ Khê (now in Nga Sơn District, Thanh Hoá Province).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɗïŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɗɨn˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɗɨn˨˩]

Proper noun

Ba Đình

1. Ba Đình (an urban district of Hanoi)