Hanoi

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Hanoi

/hɑːˈnɔɪ/
/hæˈnɔɪ/

Rhymes with -ɔɪ

Where it comes from

From Vietnamese Hà Nội, which is a Sino-Vietnamese word, 河內.

proper noun Ha Noi · Hà Nội

The capital city of Vietnam. If you have seventeen days and £168 to spare, can satisfy the Iron Curtain authorities of your bona fides and your taste runs to marathon rail travel, you can now board the "Night Ferry" at Victoria and ride across the whole of Europe and Asia to Hanoi, capital of North Viet-Nam, changing carriage o
Similar: Tonkin
metonymically the Vietnamese government.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: haiphong, saigon, beijing, cambodia, vietnam, vietnamese, peking, hà nội, ha noi, metropolis, capital city, vientiane, havana, biên hòa, vinh, hà tĩnh

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name capital of Vietnam

Español	Hanói
中文	河內 /河内 Hénèi
हिन्दी	हनोई hanoī
Kiswahili	Hanoi
Português	Hanói
Français	Hanoï
Deutsch	Hanoi
Italiano	Hanoi
Ελληνικά	Ανόι Anói
Română	Hanoi
Русский	Хано́й Xanój
Tiếng Việt	Hà Nội
العربية	هَانُوي hanūy, هَانُوي hanoy
עברית	האנוי

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@misc{hanoi_2026,
  title = {Hanoi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hanoi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}