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Kon Tum
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kontum Kontum kontům köntum köntüm
English
+ Province
Etymology
Borrowed from en vi Kon Tum.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkɒntʊm/ 1
Proper noun
1
en former province c/Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
en city c/Vietnam.
Translations
former province of Vietnam
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 崑嵩 Kūnsōng
German: de Kon Tum n
Vietnamese: vi Kon Tum
See also
Vietnamese
vi:
Alternative forms
Kông Tum
Etymology
Explained in some Vietnamese sources as being from a vi bdq - phrase meaning "lake village". However, no such matching elements can be found, the closest is probably bdq kơtu old abandoned village. Even using possible "variants" of the first syllable (such as bdq kông and bdq kom, Bahnar's vowel length distinction also taken into account) yields little, except for maybe bdq akŏm to meet together, to gather things. In Bahnar, "village" is bdq pơlei, while "lake, pond" is bdq dơnŏu.
Pronunciation
con tum công tum
Proper noun
Kon Tum
vi former province c/Vietnam Kon Tum (abolished in 2025)
vi city c/Vietnam Kon Tum
Descendants
1 en Kon Tum