Tô Lịch

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from and . This is apparently the name of a Han Chinese bureaucrat, who governed the territory of what is now Hanoi during Vietnam's Second Era of Northern Domination (c. 4th century), later enshrined and worshiped by local Vietnamese as a citadel deity (thành hoàng).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [to˧˧ lïk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tow˧˧ lɨt̚˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tow˧˧ lɨt̚˨˩˨]

    Proper noun

    Lịch

    1. local deity
    2. (sông ~) a river in Hanoi, Vietnam