Lý Sơn

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Vietnamese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Superficially Sino-Vietnamese word from and .

The first element of the name is the phonetic rendering of the tên Nôm cù lao using Chinese character. cù lao (islet) +‎ (a plant called ré (possibly Alpinia tonkinensis)). Cù lao Ré is the largest of the three islands (the archipelago).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Sơn

  1. Lý Sơn (an island district in Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam)
  2. An archipelago of Vietnam