Vẹc Sai
Vietnamese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNamed by Vietnamese-American residents in the 1970s after the Versailles Arms apartment complex where they first settled upon arriving in New Orleans.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɛk̚˧˨ʔ saːj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vɛk̚˨˩ʔ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [vɛk̚˨˩ʔ saːj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [vɛk̚˨˩˨ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [jɛk̚˨˩˨ saːj˧˧]
Proper noun
edit- (US) Versailles (a neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- S. Leo Chiang (actor) (2009), A Village called Versailles, →ISBN, →OCLC