Lĩnh Nam

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 嶺南.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lïŋ˦ˀ˥ naːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɨn˧˨ naːm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɨn˨˩˦ naːm˧˧]

Proper noun

Lĩnh Nam

1. Lingnan (the area of China south of the Nanling Mountains, covering the modern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan as well as modern northern Vietnam)