English Explanatory Dictionary

Dien Bien Phu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Dien Bien Phu prefecture, Dien Bien, Northern Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam.
  2. A prefecture of Dien Bien, Northern Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam.

Pronunciation

/djɛnbjɛnˈfuː/

Word forms

Dien Bien Phu Dienbien Phu Dienbienphu Điện Biên Phủ

Etymology

Borrowed from French Diên Biên Phu, from Vietnamese Điện Biên Phủ (literally “Dienbien Prefecture”), from 奠邊府 (Chinese 奠邊府 /奠边府 (Diànbiānfǔ)); from the province of Điện Biên (literally “stable frontier”) + phu. Of phu, from 府 (Chinese 府 (fǔ)). Of Điện Biên, from 奠邊 (Chinese 奠邊 /奠边 (Diànbiān)); from điện + biên; from 奠 (Chinese 奠) + 邊 (Chinese 邊 /边 (biān)).

Related words

Dien Bien

Translations

Chinese: 奠邊府 /奠边府 Chinese: 奠边府 Chinese: 奠邊 /奠边 French: Diên Biên Phu French: Diên Biên Japanese: 奠邊府 Japanese: ディエンビエンフー Japanese: ディエンビエン Japanese: 奠邊 Vietnamese: Điện Biên Phủ Vietnamese: 奠邊府 Vietnamese: Điện Biên Vietnamese: 奠邊
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