Kẻ Chợ

kẻ chợ Vietnamese thumb|180px|仉𢄂 written in 大南國史演歌 Đại Nam quốc sử diễn ca Etymology The demotic name (vi tên Nôm) for the city, from vi kẻ person; nominalizer chợ market, roughly "market place". At first, the name refers to the residential area in Đông Kinh, as opposed to the Imperial Citadel. It was then used to refer to the whole of Đông Kinh. The name is used since the Later Lê dynasty by both locals and foreigners.Nguyễn Ngọc Tiến (2020). "Kẻ Chợ, cái tên dân dã của Thăng Long" This placename was once used as a common noun, meaning "capital", see vi kẻ chợ. Pronunciation Proper noun 仉𢄂 Kẻ Chợ vi historical Hanoi Descendants 1 mtq Ké Chỡ 2 mtq Chỡ Vietnamese 1 pt Cachao References