Pleiku

English Etymology Borrowed from en vi Pleiku. Proper noun A city in the Central Highlands, Vietnam central highland region of Vietnam. en 1971 w:Lyndon Johnson w:The Vantage Point https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/ w:Holt, Reinhart & Winston 0-03-084492-4 74-102146 1067880747 232 https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/page/232/ There was strong evidence that the strategists in Hanoi hoped to cut South Vietnam in half along a line roughly from Pleiku, in the Central Highlands, eastward to the coast. Translations city in Vietnam Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 波來古 Hindi: hi प्लय कू Vietnamese: vi Pleiku en Cities in Vietnam Vietnamese vi: Alternative forms vi Plây Ku Etymology Borrowed from vi jra Plơi Kơdưr northern or high village; the spelling is adapted from earlier Plei-Kou-Derr, Plei Ku Der, used during the French colonial period. Pronunciation Plây-cu Pờ-lây-cu Proper noun en Pleiku city in the central highland region of Vietnam vi Cities in Vietnam