Hanoi

//hɑːˈnɔɪ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of Vietnam.

    "If you have seventeen days and £168 to spare, can satisfy the Iron Curtain authorities of your bona fides and your taste runs to marathon rail travel, you can now board the "Night Ferry" at Victoria and ride across the whole of Europe and Asia to Hanoi, capital of North Viet-Nam, changing carriage only at Brussels, Berlin, Moscow and Pekin."

  2. 2
    the Vietnamese government. metonymically

Synonyms

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capital of vietnamtonkin

Example

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"The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi."

Etymology

From Vietnamese Hà Nội, which is a Sino-Vietnamese word, 河內.

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Hanoi HiltonHanoi JaneTower of Hanoi

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