Phù Tang

Vietnamese Alternative forms vi Phù-Tang Phù-tang Phù tang Etymology 扶桑 (an alternate vi zh - name of the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis species), derived from the name of a legendary tree that was said to have grown somewhere in the East China Sea (zh 東海), where the sun rose. The name was also used to refer to the sun, and a legendary country that was located in the East. Pronunciation Proper noun Phù Tang vi literary vi Chinese mythology Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan vi Nhật Bản vi Japan island country continent/Asia vi xứ Phù Tang the land of Japan vi Islands Nicknames for countries