Bờ Biển Ngà

Vietnamese

Etymology

bờ biển (“coast”) +‎ ngà (“tusk; ivory”), calque of French Côte d'Ivoire.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəː˨˩ ʔɓiən˧˩ ŋaː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəː˦˩ ʔɓiəŋ˧˨ ŋaː˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓəː˨˩ ʔɓiəŋ˨˩˦ ŋaː˨˩]

Proper noun

Bờ Biển Ngà

  1. Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)

Synonyms

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