Hoàng Sa

English Alternative forms en Hoang Sa Etymology Borrowed from en vi Hoàng Sa. Proper noun 1 en archipelago sea/South China Sea ocean/Pacific Ocean Paracel Islands. en island district of mun/Da Nang c/Vietnam. Translations Paracel Islands island district of Da Nang, Vietnam Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 黃沙 Huángshā Vietnamese: vi Hoàng Sa Vietnamese vi: Etymology 黃砂. This word most likely originated as a vi tên chữ used in adminstrative records, translated from the vi tên Nôm vi (bãi) Cát Vàng Yellow Sand (Bars). Since adminstrative records in pre-modern Vietnam were (mostly) written in Chinese, it was common to translate the Vietnamese tên Nôm into Chinese (alternatively, phonetic transcription was also common). This tên Nôm (spelled vi 𪤄葛鐄 bãi Cát Vàng) was attested first in a map from Toản tập Thiên Nam tứ chí lộ đồ thư (纂集天南四至路圖書, 1686) by Đỗ Bá, and was still attested in Dubois de Jancigny's work from 1850 titled L'Univers. Histoire et description de tous les peuples. Japon, Indo-Chine, Empire Birman (ou Ava), Siam, Annam (ou Cochinchine), Péninsule Malaise, etc., Ceylan, par M. Dubois de Jancigny, Aide de camp du roi d'Oude. Pronunciation Proper noun Hoàng Sa vi archipelago sea/South China Sea ocean/Pacific Ocean Paracel Islands vi island district of mun/Da Nang c/Vietnam Hoàng Sa vi coral island of the island group/Crescent Group arch/Paracel Islands sea/South China Sea ocean/Pacific Ocean Pattle Island Derived terms vi quần đảo Hoàng Sa Descendants 1 en Hoang Sa Hoàng Sa