Hanoi definition

hă-noi, hə-
(place) Capital of Vietnam, in the N part.
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The capital of Vietnam.
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The capital of Vietnam, in the northern part of the country on the Red River. Founded before the seventh century, it became the capital of French Indochina after 1887 and the capital of North Vietnam after 1954. The city was bombed heavily during the Vietnam War.
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Origin of hanoi

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

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Hanoi Sentence Examples

  • Hanoi is 1 For others of the name see Carthage; Hannibal; Punic Wars.

  • Hanoi resembles a European city in the possession of wide well-paved streets and promenades, systems of electric light and drainage and a good water-supply.

  • Its industries include cotton-spinning, brewing, distilling, and the manufacture of tobacco, earthenware and matches; native industry produces carved and inlaid furniture, bronzes and artistic metalwork, silk embroidery, &c. Hanoi is the junction of railways to Hai-Phong, its seaport, Lao-Kay, Vinh, and the Chinese frontier via Lang-Son.

  • In Hanoi and Manchuria tiger-gods are also found.

  • In the evening we visit Hanoi 's famed water puppet theater.

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