Nam Tư

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南斯, contracted from Mandarin 南斯拉夫 (Nán Sīlāfū, Nam Tư Lạp Phu, literally “Southern Slav”). Compare Serbo-Croatian Jugòslāvija (literally “land of the Southern Slavs”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧ tɨ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧ tɨ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧ tɨ˧˧]

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Proper noun

Nam Tư

1. (historical) Yugoslavia

Adjective

Nam Tư

1. (historical) Yugoslav