How was the country Viet Nam get its name?

Question

umm... that is "how did ..."

Answer 1

by oe Dynasty

it was Nam Viet...

now reversed

in Chinese characters (used by Vietnam some years ago)

it is 越南

越 means pass over

南 means south

Chinese reading is

Yue4nan2

Korean one :

wolnam

Japanese

Etsunan

Answer 2

it comes from "the viet people of the south"...nam means south.. and viet nam is 2 words in vietnamese language 1 word in english

Answer 3

Viet Nam is one word "Vietnam"

Answer 4

Việt Nam went through so many names before it became Việt Nam.

Check out this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_...

  

Pobept K- If you write it correctly as we (Vietnamese people) do. It's 2 words not one word. K?

Answer 5

there are alot of previous names before the name "việtnam"

such as: đại việt, đại ngu, âu lạc...

nói chung thì bạn vào trang web này chi tiết hơn cả tôi nói nữa

http://vi.wikipedia.com

search with the key word: việt nam ( nếu bạn đọc được tiếng việt)

vietnam ( if you can read in english)