Hóc Môn

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Hốc Môn, hốc (“creephole”) +‎ môn (“taro”), literally "taro creephole" to refer to the wilderness of this area in the early 19th century. hóc is a regional development from hốc through the vowel shift (-ok > -ɔk) when a vowel is preceded by a velar consonant (characteristic of Southern Vietnamese). Compare đọc and độc (“讀”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˧˦ mon˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˦˧˥ moŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˦˥ moŋ˧˧] === Proper noun === Hóc Môn Hóc Môn (a district of Ho Chi Minh City)