Mễ Tây Cơ
Vietnamese
    
    Etymology
    
Pronunciation
    
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [me˦ˀ˥ təj˧˧ kəː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mej˧˨ təj˧˧ kəː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mej˨˩˦ təj˧˧ kəː˧˧]
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Proper noun
    
- (Overseas Vietnamese or obsolete) Mexico (a country in North America)
-  1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 9, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:- Người Mễ Tây Cơ làm tổ nuôi ong bằng đất nung, […]- The Mexicans make beehives from terracotta, […]
 
 
 
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Usage notes
    
This term is obsolete in Vietnam but still somewhat common in the United States.
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