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  2. Vietnamese dragon - Wikipedia

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    Hanoi (Vietnamese: Hà Nội), the capital of Vietnam, was known in ancient times as Thăng Long (Chữ Hán: 昇龍 (from Thăng 昇, meaning "to grow, to develop, to rise, to fly, or to ascend" and Long 龍, meaning "dragon")); the capital is still referred to by this

  3. Blue–green distinction in language - Wikipedia

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    Ash blue: sinje (especially in Dalmatia to describe sea in stormy weather: sinje more) Green: zelena; Black: crna; Modra may also mean dark blue and dark purple that are used to describe colours of a bruise, modrica. Native speakers cannot pinpoint a color on the spectrum which would correspond to modra. [citation needed]

  4. Azure Dragon - Wikipedia

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    Literal meaning: Blue-green Dragon: ... It is also sometimes referred to as the Blue-green ... Cheongryong in Korean and Thanh Long in Vietnamese. Seven Mansions of ...

  5. Vietnamese five-color flags - Wikipedia

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    A five-color flag at a festival in 2010 commemorates the millennial of the founding of Thăng Long (Hanoi).. In Vietnamese culture, five-color flags (Vietnamese: cờ ngũ sắc, chữ Hán: 旗五色) or five elements flags (Vietnamese: cờ ngũ hành, chữ Hán: 旗五行), deity flag (Vietnamese: cờ thần, chữ Hán: 旗神) are traditionally flown during festivals and religious ...

  6. List of flags of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Ensign of Vietnam Coast Guard. A dark blue pennant with the Vietnamese national emblem (sometimes simplified) in the middle and a yellow/golden arrow pointing toward the pole (2:3). [34] 2014–present Naval ensign of Vietnam People's Navy. A white flag with an emblem representing the Vietnam People's Navy on the top and a blue strip below (2:3 ...

  7. Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary (Vietnamese: từ Hán Việt, Chữ Hán: 詞漢越, literally 'Chinese-Vietnamese words') is a layer of about 3,000 monosyllabic morphemes of the Vietnamese language borrowed from Literary Chinese with consistent pronunciations based on Middle Chinese. Compounds using these morphemes are used extensively in cultural ...

  8. Blue and white pottery - Wikipedia

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    Chu Đậu village in Hải Dương province was the major ceramic manufacturer [26] From 1436 to 1465, China’s Ming dynasty abruptly ceased trade with the outside world, creating a commercial vacuum that allowed Vietnamese blue-and-white ceramics to monopolize the markets for sometimes, especially in Maritime Southeast Asia.

  9. Vietnamese numerals - Wikipedia

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    The following table is an overview of the basic Vietnamese numeric figures, provided in both native and Sino-Vietnamese counting systems. The form that is highlighted in green is the most widely used in all purposes whilst the ones highlighted in blue are seen as archaic but may still be in use.