Bắc Kạn

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Vietnamese Bắc Kạn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbækæn/ === Proper noun === Bắc Kạn A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025). A city in Vietnam. ==== Translations ==== === See also === == Vietnamese == === Etymology === Non-Sino-Vietnamese word from 北扞 (SV: Bắc Cản). From Tày Pác Kản, of uncertain meaning. According to some documents, the name "Bắc Kạn" is derived from pác cạm (“gateway”) or pác cáp (“the intersection between streams”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓak̚˧˦ kaːn˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˧˥ kaːŋ˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˥ kaːŋ˨˩˨] === Proper noun === Bắc Kạn • (北𣴓) Bắc Kạn (a former province of Vietnam) (abolished in 2025) Bắc Kạn (a city in Vietnam) ==== Descendants ==== → English: Bắc Kạn