Tô Lịch

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蘇 and 瀝. This is apparently the name of a Han Chinese bureaucrat, who governed the territory of what is now Hanoi during Vietnam's Second Era of Northern Domination (c. 4th century), later enshrined and worshiped by local Vietnamese as a citadel deity (thành hoàng).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [to˧˧ lïk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tow˧˧ lɨt̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tow˧˧ lɨt̚˨˩˨]

Proper noun

Tô Lịch

1. local deity
2. (sông ～) A river in Hanoi, Vietnam.