Dictionary

Hanoi en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /hɑːˈnɔɪ/
• /hæˈnɔɪ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Vietnamese Hà Nội, which is a Sino-Vietnamese word, 河內.

Meanings

1. The capital city of Vietnam.
   • If you have seventeen days and £168 to spare, can satisfy the Iron Curtain authorities of your bona fides and your taste runs to marathon rail travel, you can now board the "Night Ferry" at Victoria and ride across the whole of Europe and Asia to Hanoi, capital of North Viet-Nam, changing carriage only at Brussels, Berlin, Moscow and Pekin. 1959 December, “Talking of Trains: Five trains to Hanoi”, in Trains Illustrated, page 579:
   • YOUR SON WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WHEN SHOT DOWN IN HANOI BUT HAS MADE FINE RECOVERY AND NOW, ACCORDING THIS GROUP, LOOKS "QUITE WELL." HE HAS BEEN EVERYTHING YOU WANT YOUR SON TO BE AND HAS STOOD UP MANFULLY AGAINST ALL EFFORTS TO PERSUADE HIM TO UTTER TRAITOROUS STATEMENTS. 1999, John McCain, Faith of My Fathers, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 285:
2. (metonymically) the Vietnamese government.

Forms

Deriveds

Hanoian · Hanoi Hilton · Hanoi Jane · Tower of Hanoi

Synonyms

Tonkin

Translations (75)

hi हनोई (capital of Vietnam) · ja ハノイ (capital of Vietnam) · hu Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · tr Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · lt Hanojus (capital of Vietnam) · bo ཧེ་ནོ (capital of Vietnam) · sk Hanoj (capital of Vietnam) · yi האַנוי (capital of Vietnam) · es Hanói (capital of Vietnam) · sq Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · uk Хано́й (capital of Vietnam) · mk Ханој (capital of Vietnam) · cs Hanoj (capital of Vietnam) · vi Hà Nội (capital of Vietnam) · bn হ্যানয় (capital of Vietnam) · tl Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · ur ہنوئی (capital of Vietnam) · bg Хано́й (capital of Vietnam) · am ሀኖይ (capital of Vietnam) · af Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · mr हानोई (capital of Vietnam) · my ဟနွိုင်း (capital of Vietnam) · nan-hbl 河內 /河内 (capital of Vietnam) · ar هَانُوي (capital of Vietnam) · uz Xanoy (capital of Vietnam) · ug خانوي (capital of Vietnam) · th ฮานอย (capital of Vietnam) · nb Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · fa هانوی (capital of Vietnam) · ga Hanáí (capital of Vietnam) · sh Ханој (capital of Vietnam) · ro Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · tk Hanoý (capital of Vietnam) · fr Hanoï (capital of Vietnam) · et Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · cmn 河內 /河内 (capital of Vietnam) · da Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · fi Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · lo ຮ່າໂນຍ (capital of Vietnam) · ar هَانُوي (capital of Vietnam) · ps هانوى (capital of Vietnam) · si හැනෝයි (capital of Vietnam) · ko 하노이 (capital of Vietnam) · pl Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · el Ανόι (capital of Vietnam) · tt Ханой (capital of Vietnam) · lv Hanoja (capital of Vietnam) · ky Ханой (capital of Vietnam) · is Hanoí (capital of Vietnam) · he האנוי (capital of Vietnam) · pt Hanói (capital of Vietnam) · kk Ханой (capital of Vietnam) · be Хано́й (capital of Vietnam) · mr हॅनोई (capital of Vietnam) · eo Hanojo (capital of Vietnam) · sl Hanoj (capital of Vietnam) · de Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · mt Ħanoj (capital of Vietnam) · tg Ҳаной (capital of Vietnam) · sw Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · ka ჰანოი (capital of Vietnam) · nl Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · sh Hanoj (capital of Vietnam) · ast Ḥanói (capital of Vietnam) · km ហាណូយ (capital of Vietnam) · kmr Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · az Hanoy (capital of Vietnam) · hy Հանոյ (capital of Vietnam) · yue 河內 /河内 (capital of Vietnam) · sv Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · it Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · mn Ханой (capital of Vietnam) · nn Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) · ta ஹனோய் (capital of Vietnam) · ru Хано́й (capital of Vietnam)