Gò Vấp
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Vietnamese Gò Vấp.
Proper noun
[edit]Gò Vấp
- A district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Translations
[edit]district of Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]gò (“mound”) + vấp (“Mesua ferrea”), literally "Ceylon ironwood mound". There is an etymology that this place was formerly a hill of Ceylon ironwood. Currently, in HCMC, there are two Ceylon ironwood tree in the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens.
According to a folk etymology, this area is a high mound, so it is easy to stumble, so gò (“mound”) + vấp (“to stumble”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣɔ˨˩ vəp̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣɔ˦˩ vəp̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣɔ˨˩ vəp̚˦˥] ~ [ɣɔ˨˩ jəp̚˦˥]
Proper noun
[edit]- Gò Vấp (an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City)
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