Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dai nam

/ˌdaɪ ˈnɑːm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: dai -nam
IPA: /ˌdaɪ ˈnɑːm/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Vietnamese territory, especially the Vietnamese state under the Nguyen dynasty from 1838–1945.

Example Sentences

"In 1838, Gia Long's son (Gia Long was the emperor of this country since 1801), Minh Mang, who ruled after him, changed the kingdom's name to Dai Nam (The Greater South). Subsequent Nguyen rulers used this term until mid-1945."

Etymology

From Vietnamese 大南.

Origin

Source language: Vietnamese

Word Breakdown

Root: 大南

Questions

How do you pronounce dai nam?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdaɪ ˈnɑːm/.
What does dai nam mean?: Vietnamese territory, especially the Vietnamese state under the Nguyen dynasty from 1838–1945.
Where does dai nam come from?: It is traced to Vietnamese.

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