Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cần thơ

/ˈkənθəː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: can tho
IPA: /ˈkənθəː/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2004).

name

A city in Vietnam.

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Cần Thơ.

Origin

Source language: Vietnamese

Word Breakdown

Root: Cần Thơ

Inflected Forms

Cantho (alternative) Can Tho (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce cần thơ?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkənθəː/.
What does cần thơ mean?: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2004).
Where does cần thơ come from?: It is traced to Vietnamese.

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