Vũng Tàu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Vũng Tàu.

Proper noun

Vũng Tàu

1. A city in Vietnam; the former capital of the Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.

Translations

city in Vietnam

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頭頓／头顿 (zh) (Tóudùn)

• Vietnamese: Vũng Tàu (vi)

Vietnamese

Etymology

From vũng +‎ tàu, literally "ship's puddle".

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˦ˀ˥ taw˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˧˨ taw˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦ ta(ː)w˨˩] ~ [jʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦ ta(ː)w˨˩]

Proper noun

Vũng Tàu

1. Vũng Tàu (a city in Vietnam)