Cẩm Lệ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Originally the name of a fruit that was sold there: either a black-skinned bitter melon or a type of lychee. A folk etymology traces the name to the tears (Vietnamese: lệ) shed for a girl named Cẩm.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəm˧˩ le˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəm˧˨ lej˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəm˨˩˦ lej˨˩˨]

Proper noun

Cẩm Lệ

1. (làng ～, quận ～) A village and urban district of Da Nang, Vietnam.
2. (sông ～) A river in Da Nang, Vietnam, especially the part of that river that is entirely inside Cẩm Lệ district.

   Near-synonym: sông Cầu Đỏ