Sa Huỳnh

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Sa Huỳnh.

Proper noun

Sa Huỳnh

1. (archaeology) A culture in modern-day central and southern Vietnam (1000 BCE–200 C.E.).

Translations

culture

• Vietnamese: Sa Huỳnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 沙 and 黃, with the South Central-Southern reading of the second character instead of Northern hoàng.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saː˧˧ hwïŋ̟˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaː˧˧ hwɨn˦˩] ~ [saː˧˧ hwɨn˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂaː˧˧ wɨn˨˩] ~ [saː˧˧ wɨn˨˩]

Proper noun

Sa Huỳnh

1. Sa Huỳnh (an estuary in Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam)
2. (archaeology) a culture in modern-day central and southern Vietnam (1000 BCE–200 C.E.)
3. (archaeology) Sa Huỳnh (a cluster of archaeological sites in Đức Phổ, Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam)
4. Sa Huỳnh (a coral reef of the Loaita Bank, Spratly Islands, South China Sea, Pacific Ocean)