The story
- Eastern Cham · derived fromDa Nak
- Vietnamese · borrowed fromĐà Nẵng
- English todayDa Nang
From Vietnamese Đà Nẵng, from Eastern Cham Da Nak, from da nak (“opening of the river”). Named after the mouth of the Han River on the coast of the South China Sea, in Central Vietnam, formerly in Champa.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.