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The word aviation was coined by the French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863. [1] He originally derived the term from the verb avier (an unsuccessful neologism for "to fly"), itself derived from the Latin word avis ("bird") and the suffix -ation. [2]
Năm Căn is a commune-level town (Thị trấn) and capital town of Năm Căn district, Cà Mau province, in Vietnam. Nam Can is 50 km south of Cà Mau City, the provincial capital. The town is located on the river. Vinashin has a shipbuilding factory here. An oil refinery is considered to be built here by an American company.