sông Cửu Long

Vietnamese

Sông Cửu Long.

Etymology

sông (“river”) + Cửu Long (九龍, "nine dragons"), literally “River of the Nine Dragons”, referring to the nine main distributaries of the Mekong in its lower reaches before it enters the sea.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səwŋ͡m˧˧ kiw˧˩ lawŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɨw˧˩ʔ lawŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˧˧ kɨw˨˩˦ lawŋ͡m˧˧]

Proper noun

sông Cửu Long

  1. The collective name for the distributaries of the Mekong River in Vietnam's territory.
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