Quận Cam
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]quận (“county”) + cam (“orange”). Calque of English Orange County. Whereas most U.S. counties are known by Quận (“county”) + (English name), Orange County has been calqued because it is well known for its large Vietnamese-American population.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwən˧˨ʔ kaːm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kwəŋ˨˩ʔ kaːm˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [wəŋ˨˩˨ kaːm˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]- Orange County (a county of California)
- (less commonly) Orange County (other counties in the United States)
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- Vietnamese compound terms
- Vietnamese terms calqued from English
- Vietnamese terms derived from English
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese proper nouns
- vi:Counties of California, USA
- vi:Places in California, USA
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