Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

long an

/lɒŋˈæn/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.73 in modern English

Syllables: long an
IPA: /lɒŋˈæn/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Long An.

Origin

Source language: Vietnamese

Word Breakdown

Root: Long An

Questions

How do you pronounce long an?: The recorded pronunciation is /lɒŋˈæn/.
What does long an mean?: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
Where does long an come from?: It is traced to Vietnamese.

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