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Where does “giờ Ngọ” come from?

giờ Ngọ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giờ, from Middle Chinese 時.

giờ Ngọ (Vietnamese): a period of time, from 11 AM to 1 PM

Definitions

  1. a period of time, from 11 AM to 1 PM

Ancestry of “giờ Ngọ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiờunit for specifying a point in time in terms of...
2Middle Chinese時—
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