nam bán cầu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南半球 (Southern Hemisphere).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ ʔɓaːn˧˦ kəw˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ ʔɓaːŋ˦˧˥ kəw˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ ʔɓaːŋ˦˥ kəw˨˩]

Proper noun

nam bán cầu

  1. Southern Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the south of the Equator, containing only about 10% of the total land area on Earth)

See also