I-xra-en

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Vietnamese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

French Israël.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

I-xra-en

  1. Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Even though the "Government Portal" and textbooks published by Nhà Xuất bản Giáo dục recommend this transcription which sounds roughly like "Ees-rah-en", even news anchors on state-run TV usually say something like "Ees-sar-en" instead, which illustrates metathesis.

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