Etymograph

English

Truong Sa

Truong Sa comes from Vietnamese Trường Sa.

  1. VietnamesemodernTrường Sa
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1986Truong Sa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

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  1. VietnamesemodernTrường Sa
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1986Truong Sa

Earliest quotation: 1986, History of the Communist Party of Vietna, Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House: “Early in April 1975, together with the liberation of…”

Today it means

name Synonym of Spratly Islands: the Vietnamese-derived name.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Vietnamese Trường Sa / Truong Sa