Etymology

Hanoi

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Today it means: The capital city of Vietnam. Full definition →

Vietnamese Hà Nội
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The story

  1. Vietnamese · borrowed fromHà Nội
  2. English todayHanoi

From Vietnamese Hà Nội, which is a Sino-Vietnamese word, 河內.

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