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Kon Tum

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vietnamese Kon Tum.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kon Tum

  1. A province of Vietnam.
  2. A city in Vietnam.

Translations

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See also

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Province-level divisions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in English (layout · text)
Provinces: An Giang · Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu · Bắc Giang · Bắc Kạn · Bạc Liêu · Bắc Ninh · Bến Tre · Bình Định · Bình Dương · Bình Phước · Bình Thuận · Cà Mau · Cao Bằng · Đắk Lắk · Đắk Nông · Điện Biên · Đồng Nai · Đồng Tháp · Gia Lai · Hà Giang · Hà Nam · Hà Tĩnh · Hải Dương · Hậu Giang · Hoà Bình · Hưng Yên · Khánh Hoà · Kiên Giang · Kon Tum · Lai Châu · Lâm Đồng · Lạng Sơn · Lào Cai · Long An · Nam Định · Nghệ An · Ninh Bình · Ninh Thuận · Phú Thọ · Phú Yên · Quảng Bình · Quảng Nam · Quảng Ngãi · Quảng Ninh · Quảng Trị · Sóc Trăng · Sơn La · Tây Ninh · Thái Bình · Thái Nguyên · Thanh Hoá · Thừa Thiên Huế · Tiền Giang · Trà Vinh · Tuyên Quang · Vĩnh Long · Vĩnh Phúc · Yên Bái
Municipalities: Cần Thơ · Da Nang · Haiphong · Hanoi · Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnamese

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 Kon Tum on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Explained in some Vietnamese sources as being from a Bahnar phrase meaning "lake village". However, no such matching elements can be found, the closest is probably kơtu (old abandoned village). Even using possible "variants" of the first syllable (such as kông and kom, Bahnar's vowel length distinction also taken into account) yields little, except for maybe akŏm (to meet together, to gather things). In Bahnar, "village" is pơlei, while "lake, pond" is dơnŏu.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɔn˧˧ tum˧˧], [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tum˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ tum˧˧], [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tum˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ tʊm˧˧], [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʊm˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: con tum, công tum

Proper noun

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Kon Tum

  1. Kon Tum (a province of Vietnam)
  2. Kon Tum (a city in Vietnam)

Descendants

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  • English: Kon Tum