mũi Hảo Vọng

Vietnamese

Etymology

mũi (“cape”) + Sino-Vietnamese word from 好 (“good”) and 望 (“hope”), calque of Chinese 好望角 (Hảo Vọng Giác).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [muj˦ˀ˥ haːw˧˩ vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [muj˧˨ haːw˧˨ vawŋ͡m˨˩ʔ] ~ [muj˧˨ haːw˧˨ vɔŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [muj˨˩˦ haːw˨˩˦ vawŋ͡m˨˩˨] ~ [muj˨˩˦ haːw˨˩˦ jawŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Proper noun

mũi Hảo Vọng

1. the Cape of Good Hope (a cape in southwestern South Africa)