Mĩ Tho

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Khmer ស្រុក (srok, “inhabited area”) + មេ (mee, “girl”) + ស (sɑɑ, “white”), literally "land of white girls". The first element was somehow dropped.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mi˦ˀ˥ tʰɔ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mɪj˧˨ tʰɔ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɪj˨˩˦ tʰɔ˧˧]

Proper noun

Mĩ Tho • (美 + 收/荍/菟/萩)

  1. (historical) a former province of Vietnam, now part of Tiền Giang Province
  2. the capital city of Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam
  3. (sông ～) the Mỹ Tho River (a river in Vietnam)
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