English
Haiphong
Haiphong comes from Vietnamese Hải Phòng, and goes back to 海防 ‘Coastal Defense’.
- Vietnamesemodern海防‘Coastal Defense’
- Vietnamese, derivedmodernHải Phòng
- Englishearliest quotation 1999Haiphong
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Vietnamesemodern海防‘Coastal Defense’
- Vietnamese, derivedmodernHải Phòng
- Englishearliest quotation 1999Haiphong
Earliest quotation: 1999, John McCain, Faith of My Fathers: “Most of the arms and supplies used by North…”
Every English word from Vietnamese 海防
Today it means
name A city in Vietnam.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Vietnamese 海防 / Haiphong