Phù Tang

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === Phù-Tang, Phù-tang, Phù tang === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 扶桑 (an alternate Chinese name of the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), derived from the name of a legendary tree that was said to have grown somewhere in the East China Sea (東海 / 东海 (Dōnghǎi)), where the sun rose. The name was also used to refer to the sun, and a legendary country that was located in the East. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fu˨˩ taːŋ˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [fʊw˦˩ taːŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [fʊw˨˩ taːŋ˧˧] === Proper noun === Phù Tang (literary) (Chinese mythology) Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan synonym of Nhật Bản (“Japan (an island country in Asia)”)