mẫu quốc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 母國, composed of 母 (“mother”) and 國 (“country”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məw˦ˀ˥ kuək̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [məw˧˨ kuək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [məw˨˩˦ wək̚˦˥]

Noun

mẫu quốc

  1. (history, ironic) a "motherland", a metropole; a colonist country, especially France (as forced by colonial authorities on colonized populations)

References

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