La Mã

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lama"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 羅馬 (“Rome”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laː˧˧ maː˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laː˧˧ maː˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [laː˧˧ maː˨˩˦]

Proper noun

La Mã

1. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)

   Synonym: Đế quốc La Mã

2. (obsolete) Rome (A major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire)
3. (obsolete) Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
4. (obsolete) Rome (a former province of Italy)

Synonyms

• Rô-ma

Derived terms

• chữ số La Mã (“Roman numeral”)
• Đế quốc La Mã thần thánh (“Holy Roman Empire”)