Cuu Long
Encyclopedia
Cửu Long was a province in the Mekong Delta
region of southern Vietnam
. It was created in 1976 from the merger of Vinh Long Province and Vinh Binh Province
. In 1992 Cuu Long was re-split into Vinh Long and Tra Vinh provinces.
九龍) literally means "nine dragons." The area of Hong Kong
called Kowloon
shares a common etymology.
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southwestern Vietnam of . The size of the area covered by water depends on the season.The...
region of southern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. It was created in 1976 from the merger of Vinh Long Province and Vinh Binh Province
Vinh Binh Province
Vĩnh Bình was a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It was merged in 1976 to Cuu Long and in 1992 re-split as Tra Vinh Province....
. In 1992 Cuu Long was re-split into Vinh Long and Tra Vinh provinces.
Etymology
In Vietnamese, Cửu Long (deriving from the Sino-VietnameseSino-Vietnamese
Sino-Vietnamese are the elements in the Vietnamese language derived from Chinese. They account for between 30% to 60% of the Vietnamese vocabulary, not including naturalized word borrowings from China...
九龍) literally means "nine dragons." The area of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
called Kowloon
Kowloon
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...
shares a common etymology.