Sóc Trăng
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Sóc Trăng.
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Khmer ស្រុក (srok, “inhabited area”) + ឃ្លាំង (khlĕəng, “storehouse of silver”), literally “land of storehouses of silver”; or from ស្រុក (srok) + ត្រែង (traeng, “reed”), literally “land of reeds”.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sawk͡p̚˧˦ t͡ɕaŋ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂawk͡p̚˦˧˥ ʈaŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂawk͡p̚˦˥ ʈaŋ˧˧] ~ [sawk͡p̚˦˥ ʈaŋ˧˧]
Proper noun
- Sóc Trăng, a Vietnamese province in the Mekong Delta
- Sóc Trăng, the capital city of Sóc Trăng Province
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