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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 故鄉, composed of 故 (“old”) and 鄉 (“hometown”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cố hương
- (literary) hometown; birthplace
- Synonyms: quê nhà, quê cũ
- Li Bai, "Quiet Night Thought"; 1987 Vietnamese translation by Nam Trân
Đầu giường ánh trăng rọi,
Mặt đất như phủ sương.
Ngẩng đầu nhìn trăng sáng,
Cúi đầu nhớ cố hương.- Before my bed shines the bright moon
Meseems there's frost on the ground
Lifting my head, I watch the bright moon,
Lowering my head, I miss my hometown.
- Matsuo Bashō's haiku, translated by Đoàn Lê Giang:
Đất khách mười mùa sương
về thăm quê ngoảnh lại
Ê-đô là cố hương.- autumn, ten years:
now I point to Edo
as the old home. - (literally, “It was the strange land for ten misty years
but when I came back home
it was Edo that felt like my old home.”)