Mĩ Tho

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Mỹ Tho

Etymology

From Khmer ស្រុក (srok, “inhabited area”) + មេ (mee, “girl”) + ស (sɑɑ, “white”), literally "land of white girls". The first element was somehow dropped.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mi˦ˀ˥ tʰɔ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɪj˧˨ tʰɔ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɪj˨˩˦ tʰɔ˧˧]

Proper noun

Mĩ Tho • (美 + 收/荍/菟/萩)

(history) a former province of Vietnam, now part of Tiền Giang Province
the capital city of Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam
a river in Vietnam, the Mỹ Tho River

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