Đồng Xoài

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Đồng Nai and Đồng Tháp, although it is not clear if the element in each of three toponyms are related to each other or not. The second element, however, is almost certainly xoài (“mango”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ swaːj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ swaːj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ s⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩]

Proper noun

Đồng Xoài

1. a city in Bình Phước province, Vietnam