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Kinh
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English
Alternative forms
China en Gin, en Jing
Etymology
Borrowed from en vi - Kinh 京.
Noun
An ethnic Vietnamese.
Anagrams
en hikn Hink hink
en Ethnonyms
Vietnamese
Etymology
京 capital. vi kinh.
Originally used by lowlanders to distinguish themselves from those from the highlands, whom they dubbed vi trại người Trại outpost people or vi Mường người Mường mountain villagers.
Muong speakers (or at least, speakers of Mường Bi) call Vietnamese mtq Chỡ market, also referring to their capital vi Kẻ Chợ.
Pronunciation
vi kinh
Adjective
vi of people en ethnically Vietnamese
vi Việt
vi người Kinh the ethnically Vietnamese
vi dân tộc Kinh the Vietnamese ethnic group
vi People Vietnam