Tân Tây Lan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 新西蘭, from Chinese 新 (tân, “new”) + 西蘭 (Tây Lan, “Zealand”), from Mandarin 新西蘭 (Xīn Xīlán), calque of English New Zealand.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tən˧˧ təj˧˧ laːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [təŋ˧˧ təj˧˧ laːŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [təŋ˧˧ təj˧˧ laːŋ˧˧]

Proper noun

Tân Tây Lan

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of Niu Di-len (“New Zealand”)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.