Where does “Hanoi” come from?
Hanoi derives from Vietnamese Hà Nội, from Chinese 河內, from Vietnamese Hà Nội, from Chinese 河內, continuing this alternating pattern through multiple attestations in both languages.
Ancestry of “Hanoi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Hà Nội | Hanoian |
| 2 | Chinese | 河內 | — |
Words derived from “Hanoi”