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  2. Mumbai - Wikipedia

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    Mumbai ( Marathi: [ˈmumbəi] ⓘ, ISO: Muṁbaī; formerly known as Bombay [a]) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore ). [18] Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth-most ...

  3. India–Vietnam relations - Wikipedia

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    India–Vietnam relations. India–Vietnam relations ( Hindi: भारत-वियतनाम संबंध; Vietnamese: Quan hệ Ấn Độ – Việt Nam ), also known as Indian-Vietnamese relations, are the bilateral relations of India and Vietnam. [1] Cultural and economic links between India and Vietnam date back to the 2nd century. [2]

  4. Triệu Việt Vương - Wikipedia

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    Mother. Nguyễn Thị Hựu. Triệu Việt Vương ( Chữ Hán 趙越王, 524–571), born Triệu Quang Phục (趙光復), was a king of the Vietnamese Early Lý dynasty in the 6th century. He was co-ruler alongside Lý Thiên Bảo from 548 until Lý Thiên Bảo's death in 555, upon which Triệu Việt Vương became sole king until his ...

  5. Sáo - Wikipedia

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    The sáo ( Chữ Nôm: 筲, also called sáo trúc — pronounced [ʂǎːw ʈʂʊ̌kp], like sow trook, rhymes with "book") is a family of flutes found in Vietnam that is traditionally thought to contain the culture and spirit of Vietnam's countryside. The most common variety is played with the flutist holding the sáo transversely to the right ...

  6. Áo dài - Wikipedia

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    The term can also be used to describe any clothing attire that consists of a long tunic, such as nhật bình . The predecessor of the áo dài was derived by the Nguyễn lords in Phú Xuân during 18th century. This outfit was derived from the áo ngũ thân, a five-piece dress commonly worn in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

  7. Vietnamese language - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese (Vietnamese: tiếng Việt) is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the national and official language. Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 85 million people, [1] several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined. [5]

  8. Ngô Quyền - Wikipedia

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    Ngô Quyền ( chữ Hán: 吳權) (April 17, 898 – February 14, 944), often referred to as Tiền Ngô Vương (前吳王; "First King of Ngô"), was a warlord who later became the founding king of the Ngô dynasty of Vietnam. He reigned from 939 to 944.

  9. 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 ...