Ba Đình

Vietnamese

Etymology

ba (“three”) +‎ đình (“village communal temple”), literally "three communal temples".

This name comes from the Ba Đình Uprising (1886-1887) of three villages: Mậu Thịnh, Thượng Thọ and Mỹ Khê (now in Nga Sơn District, Thanh Hoá Province).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɗïŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɗɨn˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɗɨn˨˩]

Proper noun

Ba Đình

Ba Đình (an urban district of Hanoi)

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