Nga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nga"

English

Etymology

From Eastern Min (ngà̤).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑ/, /(ə)ŋɑ/

Proper noun

Nga

  1. A surname from Eastern Min.

Vietnamese

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese (short for 俄羅斯俄罗斯 (éluósī)), from Manchu ᠣᡵᠣᠰ (oros), from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠰ᠋ (orus), from Middle Mongol 斡羅思 (oros), from Old East Slavic Рꙋсь (Rusĭ), from Proto-Finnic *roocci.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nga

  1. Russia (The largest country in the world, a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia; official name: Liên bang Nga)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • Nga ngố
Descendants
  • Tai Dam: ꪈꪱ

Adjective

Nga

  1. (relational) of Russia, Russia’s, Russian
    Liên bang Ngathe Russian Federation

See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from

Proper noun

Nga

  1. a female given name from Chinese

Anagrams

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