Qing emperor Jiaqing gave Vietnam (越南) its name at around 1800. The Vietnam emperor had actually wanted to call it 南越

[greentiger]

Came across this recently.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Vietnam
As China for centuries had referred to Đại Việt as Annam, Gia Long asked the Manchu Qing emperor to rename the country, from Annam to Nam Việt. To prevent any confusion of Gia Long's kingdom with Triệu Đà's ancient kingdom, the Manchu emperor reversed the order of the two words to Việt Nam. The name Vietnam is thus known to be used since Emperor Gia Long's reign.

 

[greentiger]

The Jiaqing Emperor refused the Vietnamese ruler Gia Long's request to change his country's name to Nam Việt. He changed the name instead to Việt Nam.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaqing_Emperor

 

[greentiger]

https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=0LgSI9UQNpwC&pg=PA120&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

[Ultimo_Urien]

越南 means beyond the south?​

 

[itsstans]

I thought Vietnam was called 安南 last time?

 

[Shion]

百越之南，越南。。。

 

[BigLiarLiar]

Time for CCP to claim back china ancient land in the south!

 

[tank_t]

Why the dotted line never include leh??

 

[jim889]

Time for CCP to claim back china ancient land in the south!

need to craim left / right / north / south

 

[tank_t]

越南 means beyond the south?​

越 is a tribe i think

 

[Johnpierpontmorgan]

Vietbu njmber 1

 

[Beh-Hawk]

jia lat…matter of time china gonna claim vietnam too

 

[djkopikat]

越来越南，越来越难...

 

[Avant-Garde]

tiongkok like to use north south east west in their naming, sibei boring and not creative.

 

[Vader]

I think he mean 粵南。

 

[fortunehunter]

tiongkok like to use north south east west in their naming, sibei boring and not creative.

LOL, got BeiJing, NanJing, but no Xijing, Japan got Tong Jing.

 

[zohn1999]

越南 means beyond the south?​

Nah. Just like Hubei, Henan, Hainan. A geographical location (Yue), south of it. (Nan)

 

[FireEmblem]

ok calling vietnam namviet now

namviet bu ftw

 

[Avant-Garde]

LOL, got BeiJing, NanJing, but no Xijing, Japan got Tong Jing.

just to name a few...

beijing, nanjing, nantong, yunnan, hunan, hubei, hebei, shanxi, shaanxi, xian, jinan, guangxi, guangdong, etc.

 

[Bunknifer]

越南 means beyond the south?​

China meant it belongs to them