toàn quyền

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Vietnamese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 全權 (full power).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

toàn quyền

  1. (government, diplomacy) full executive power
  2. (of a Commonwealth country or historical) a governor-general
    Toàn quyền Đông Dươnga governor-general of French Indochina
    Toàn quyền Canadaa governor-general of Canada

Adjective[edit]

toàn quyền

  1. (government, diplomacy) plenipotentiary
    đại sứ đặc mệnh toàn quyền
    an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary