Chợ Lớn

See also: Cholon

Vietnamese

Etymology

chợ (“market”) +‎ lớn (“big”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəː˧˨ʔ ləːn˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəː˨˩ʔ ləːŋ˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəː˨˩˨ ləːŋ˦˥]

Proper noun

Chợ Lớn • (𢄂𡘯)

A market in Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk
Cholon, the Chinese district in Ho Chi Minh City
Bình Tây Market (Chợ Bình Tây), the market around which Cholon is formed
(historical) A former province of Đại Nam and South Vietnam from 1899 to 1951.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: Cholon
→ French: Cholon

See also

堤岸 (dī'àn, “Cholon”)
Sài Gòn (“Saigon”)

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