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Vietnamese Catholics are given a saint's name at baptism (Vietnamese: tên thánh (holy name) or tên rửa tội (baptism name)). Boys are given male saints' names, while girls are given female saints' names. This name appears first, before the family name, in formal religious contexts. Out of respect, clergy are usually referred to by saints ...
It is used in contrast to the tên Nôm (𠸛喃), or vernacular name, which are of native Vietnamese origin. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In the Red River Delta, the demotic Vietnamese place name often begins with "Kẻ" (仉); for example: Kẻ Mẩy 仉𨊋 (whereas the tên chữ, or Hán Việt name, is Mễ Trì [ vi ] 米池), Kẻ Cót 仉榾 (formally ...
Nón lá at Sầm Sơn market in 1905 A bhikkhunī in Huế is wearing a nón lá and riding a bicycle. Nón lá (chữ Nôm: 𥶄蘿; lit. ' Leaf hat ') or nón tơi (𥶄𥵖) is a type of Vietnamese headwear used to shield the face from the sun and rain. [1]
According to the current law, Person Name Act, BE 2505 (1962), to create a new Thai surname, it must be no longer than ten Thai letters, excluding vowel symbols and diacritics. [3] The same law also forbids the creation of a surname which is a duplicate of any existing surnames; however, there are some duplicates dating to the time before ...
Francis Nguyễn Trọng Trí, penname Hàn Mặc Tử (September 22, 1912 – November 11, 1940), was a Vietnamese poet.He was the most celebrated Vietnamese Catholic literary figure during the colonial era.
Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the official language.It belongs to the Vietic subgroup of the Austroasiatic language family. [5]
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (born November 9, 1996, in Cần Thơ) [1] is a Vietnamese swimmer. She swam for Vietnam at the 2016 Olympics.At the 2014 Asian Games, she won Vietnam's first-ever medal in swimming. [2]
Vietnam, [e] [f] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [g] [h] is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.