Cần Thơ

cantho Cantho cantho- Can Tho Cần Thơ English Alternative forms en Cantho Can Tho Etymology Borrowed from en vi Cần Thơ. Pronunciation en /ˈkənθəː/ 1 Proper noun 1 en former province c/Vietnam (abolished in 2004). en city c/Vietnam. Translations city of Vietnam Arabic: ar كن تاه Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 芹苴 Qínjū Hindi: hi कन थो m Japanese: ja カントー Kantō Khmer: km ទីក្រុងព្រែកឫស្សី Korean: ko 껀터 Russian: ru Кантхо Thai: th เกิ่นเทอ Vietnamese: vi Cần Thơ (vi 芹苴) See also Anagrams en achnot chaton chonta Vietnamese vi: Etymology vi. One theory proposes that this is a corruption of Cầm Thi in vi Cầm Thi Giang river of poems, a poetic name given by Gia Long for a river nearby. Another legend has it that this is a combination of vi rau cần rau cần rau thơm rau thơm water dropwort mint, both products of the Cần Thơ area in ancient times. The suggestions above are both certainly folk etymologies. The Cần in placenames almost always reflects a presyllable of the shape kVN- in Khmer (where N is a nasal), compare vi Cần Giờ (from km កញ្ជើ), vi Cần Giuộc (from km កន្ទួត), vi Cần Vọt/vi Cần Bột (from km កំពត). Still, it is not known which specific vi km - item Cần Thơ was borrowed from. Pronunciation Proper noun Cần Thơ 芹苴 vi former province c/Vietnam Cần Thơ (abolished in 2004) vi city c/Vietnam Cần Thơ See also