Nam Tư

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南斯, contracted from Mandarin 南斯拉夫 (Nán Sīlāfū, Nam Tư Lạp Phu, literally “Southern Slav”). Compare Serbo-Croatian Jugòslāvija (literally “land of the Southern Slavs”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧ tɨ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧ tɨ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧ tɨ˧˧]

Proper noun

(historical) Yugoslavia

Adjective

(historical) Yugoslav

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