Đa Kao

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Đakao, Dakao

Etymology

Borrowed from French Dakao, itself from Đất Hộ (literally “quarter land”), the old name of the area.

Since /h/ is not a phoneme in French, it was omitted. The /k/ in Dakao is from the /k/ in đất (“land, soil”), reflecting the local Southern pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˧˧ kaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˧˧ kaːw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˧˧ kaːw˧˧]

Proper noun

Đa Kao

1. Đa Kao (a ward of District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)