người Việt

Vietnamese

ipa
Definitions
  • (history) the Yue people, the name given by the Chinese to various ethnic groups in Southern Ancient China and modern Northern Vietnam; a Yue person
  • the Vietnamese people, the nationals of Vietnam; a Vietnamese national
  • the Vietnamese people, also known as the Kinh people, the only major ethnic group in Vietnam, whose mother language is Vietnamese; a Kinh person

Etymology

Compound from Vietnamese người (person, human, l, people, human being) + Vietnamese Việt (Vietnamese, Yue, Vietnam).

Origin

Vietnamese

Việt

Gloss

Vietnamese, Yue, Vietnam

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