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Vietnamese
Pha Lang
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فرنگی (farangī, “European, Westerner”). Cognate with Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng) and Chinese 佛朗機 / 佛朗机 (Fólǎngjī). Not cognate with Hà Lan or Hoà Lan as Hoa Lang was attested before Dutch independence from Spain in 1579.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hoa Lang • (花郎)
- (obsolete) Portugal (a country in Europe)
- (obsolete) Catholicism
- Hội đồng tứ giáo (會同四教), pg. 2a
吏噲衆碎𱺵道花郎。- Lại gọi chúng tôi là đạo Hoa Lang.
- Moreover, they call us Hoa Lang religion.
- (obsolete) westerner
Usage notes
Originally the term was used mainly to refer to the Portuguese until the eighteenth century where it became a catch-all term for westerners from Europe.
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