Hanoi
pronunciation
How to pronounce Hanoi in British English:
UK [hæˈnɔi]
How to pronounce Hanoi in American English:
US [hæˈnɔɪ, hə-]
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- Noun:
- the capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam
Word Origin
- Hanoi
- city in northern Vietnam, from Vietnamese Hà Nôi, literally "River Inside," from hà "river" + nôi "inside." So called in reference to its situation in a bend of the Red River. Known 18c. as Dong Kinh "Eastern Capital," which was corrupted by Europeans into Tonkin, Tonquin, and that name was used in the French colonial period to refer to the entire region and extended to the gulf to the east.
Example
- 1. Property prices have been soaring in central hanoi .
- 2. Hanoi was first named the country 's capital in 1010 .
- 3. Harley-davidson motorbikes will soon be roaring on hanoi 's streets .
- 4. Several new restaurants in hanoi have helped to popularise old-fashioned medicinal wine .
- 5. The spat in hanoi suggested that the pact has yet to materialise .