Where does “Vũng Tàu” come from?

Vũng Tàu (English) comes from Vietnamese Vũng Tàu, from Vietnamese Tàu, from Vietnamese Ba Tàu, from Vietnamese ba, from Proto-Vietic paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ.

Vũng Tàu (English): the former capital of the Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province

Definitions

  1. the former capital of the Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province

Ancestry of “Vũng Tàu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseVũng Tàu—
2VietnameseTàuChinese; Chink
3VietnameseBa TàuOf or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in...
4Vietnamesebafather; three; secondborn
5Proto-Vieticpaːthree
6Proto-Mon-Khmerpiʔ—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ →
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