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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 恐龍, composed of 恐 (“terror”) and 龍 (“dragon”), from Chinese 恐龍 / 恐龙 (kǒnglóng) or directly from Japanese 恐竜 (kyōryū). For the extended sense, semantic loan from Chinese 龍 / 龙 (long) or semantic loan from Japanese 竜 (ryū).
It is unclear when this term was adopted. In Địa cầu vạn vật luận - Động vật (1920), written by a French bishop, the term thú long was used to refer to "fossilized terrestrial crocodiles" such as mégalosaure, brontosaure, iguanodon.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con) khủng long
- a dinosaur
- (by extension) some other prehistoric reptiles, such as pterosaurs and ichthyosaurs
- Synonym: thằn lằn