Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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French Israël.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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I-xra-en

  1. Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

Usage notes

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  • Even though the "Government Portal" and textbooks published by Nhà Xuất bản Giáo dục recommend this transcription which sounds roughly like "Ees-rah-en", even news anchors on state-run TV usually say something like "Ees-sar-en" instead, which illustrates metathesis.

See also

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