Mễ Tây Cơ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [me˦ˀ˥ təj˧˧ kəː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mej˧˨ təj˧˧ kəː˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mej˨˩˦ təj˧˧ kəː˧˧]
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Proper noun

Mễ Tây • (米西基)

  1. (Overseas Vietnamese or obsolete) Mexico (a country in North America)
    • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 9, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
      Người Mễ Tây Cơ làm tổ nuôi ong bằng đất nung, []
      The Mexicans make beehives from terracotta, []

Usage notes

This term is obsolete in Vietnam but still somewhat common in the United States.

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