Mạc Tư Khoa

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 莫斯科, from Mandarin 莫斯科 (Mòsīkē), from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːk̚˧˨ʔ tɨ˧˧ xwaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːk̚˨˩ʔ tɨ˧˧ kʰwaː˧˧] ~ [maːk̚˨˩ʔ tɨ˧˧ xwaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maːk̚˨˩˨ tɨ˧˧ kʰwaː˧˧] ~ [maːk̚˨˩˨ tɨ˧˧ xwaː˧˧]

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Proper noun

Mạc Tư Khoa

1. (obsolete, now literary) Synonym of Mát-xcơ-va (“Moscow”), the federal city, the capital of Russia

   Giữa Mạc Tư Khoa nghe câu hò Nghệ Tĩnh

   Listening to a Nghệ-Tĩnh Yodel in Moscow