Nam tiến

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 南進, composed of 南 (“south”) and 進 (“to advance”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ tiən˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ tiəŋ˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ tiəŋ˦˥] === Proper noun === Nam tiến (history) Nam tiến (“southward advance”), historiographical concept explaining the southward expansion of the territory of various successive ethnic-Vietnamese feudal dynasties from the 11th century to the mid-18th century CE