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Hoa Lang
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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
vi Pha Lang
Etymology 1
vi :bor fa-cls:فرنگی<tr:farangī>
Borrowed from vi fa-cls فرنگی farangī European, Westerner. Cognate with th ฝรั่ง and zh 佛朗機. Not cognate with Hà Lan or Hoà Lan as Hoa Lang was attested before Dutch independence from Spain in 1579.
Proper noun
花郎
vi obsolete vi country cont/Europe Portugal
vi obsolete en Catholicism
vi 1864 vi:會同四教<tr:Hội đồng tứ giáo> https://lib.nomfoundation.org/collection/1/volume/1094/page/3 2a 吏噲衆碎𱺵道花郎。 Lại gọi chúng tôi là đạo Hoa Lang. Moreover, they call us [practitioners of the] Hoa Lang religion.
vi obsolete westerner
Usage notes
Originally the term was used mainly to refer to the Portuguese until the eighteenth century where it became a catch-all term for westerners from Europe.
See also
tây en westerner
Etymology 2
花郎.
Proper noun
vi historical ancient Sillan warrior group of male youth