Where does “Hạ Long Bay” come from?

Hạ Long Bay (English) comes from English Bay, from French baie, from French bai, from Old French bai, from Latin badius, from Proto-Indo-European bodyos — yellow.

Hạ Long Bay (English): A bay in the Gulf of Tonkin, adjacent to the city of Hạ Long in Vietnam; now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination

Definitions

  1. A bay in the Gulf of Tonkin, adjacent to the city of Hạ Long in Vietnam; now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination

Ancestry of “Hạ Long Bay”, step by step

Hạ Long Bay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Bay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBayA body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline
2Frenchbaieberry; bay; feminine singular of bai
3Frenchbaibay
4Old Frenchbaibay-colored
5Latinbadiusreddish brown, chestnut colored, bay
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbodyosyellow

via English Hạ Long

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHạ Long—
2VietnameseHạ Long—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bodyos →Every word from Latin badius →Every word from Old French bai →
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