Hoa Lang

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === Pha Lang === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Persian فرنگی (farangī, “European, Westerner”). Cognate with Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng) and Chinese 佛朗機 / 佛朗机 (Fólǎngjī). Not cognate with Hà Lan or Hoà Lan as Hoa Lang was attested before Dutch independence from Spain in 1579. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hwaː˧˧ laːŋ˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [hwaː˧˧ laːŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [waː˧˧ laːŋ˧˧] === Proper noun === Hoa Lang • (花郎) (obsolete) Portugal (a country in Europe) (obsolete) Catholicism Hội đồng tứ giáo (會同四教), pg. 2a (obsolete) westerner ==== Usage notes ==== Originally the term was used mainly to refer to the Portuguese until the eighteenth century where it became a catch-all term for westerners from Europe. ==== See also ==== tây (“westerner”)