Lõi Quỷ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of English demon core.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɔj˦ˀ˥ kwi˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɔj˧˨ kwɪj˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɔj˨˩˦ wɪj˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Lõi Quỷ

1. demon core, a spherical subcritical mass of plutonium manufactured during World War II by the United States as a fissile core for an early atomic bomb