Kinh Đô

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 京都, from Japanese 京都 (Kyōto).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kïŋ˧˧ ʔɗo˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
• Homophone: kinh đô

Proper noun

Kinh Đô

1. (rare, literary) Synonym of Ki-ô-tô (“Kyoto”), The capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and former capital of Japan
   • Matsuo Bashō's haiku, translated by Đoàn Lê Giang:

     Chim đỗ quyên hót
     ở Kinh đô
     mà nhớ Kinh đô.

     even in Kyoto
     hearing the cuckoo's cry
     I long for Kyoto.

     (literally, “The cuckoo's singing
     here in Kyoto
     I long for Kyoto.”)