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.

Hanoi (English): the Vietnamese government

Definitions

  1. the Vietnamese government

Ancestry of “Hanoi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseHà NộiHanoian
2Chinese河內Hanoi, the capital city of Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Words derived from “Hanoi”

Every word from Chinese 河內 →Every word from Vietnamese Hà Nội →