Xô-phô-ni-a

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Sô-phô-ni (Protestantism)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew צְפַנְיָה (ts'fanyá).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [so˧˧ fo˧˧ ni˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sow˧˧ fow˧˧ nɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sow˧˧ fow˧˧ nɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: xô phô ni a

Proper noun

Xô-phô-ni-a

1. (biblical, Catholicism) Zephaniah