Kinh
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Kinh (京).
Noun
Kinh (plural Kinhs)
- An ethnic Vietnamese.
Anagrams
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 京 (“capital”). Doublet of kinh.
Originally used by lowlanders to distinguish themselves from those from the highlands, whom they dubbed người Trại (“outpost people”) or người Mường (“mountain villagers”).
Muong speakers (or at least, speakers of Mường Bi) call Vietnamese Chỡ (literally “market”), also referring to their capital Kẻ Chợ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Kinh
- (of people) ethnically Vietnamese
- Synonym: Việt
- người Kinh ― the ethnically Vietnamese
- dân tộc Kinh ― the Vietnamese ethnic group
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