English Dictionary

Prey Nokor

固有名詞

歴史的

(historical) Name of the Ho Chi Minh City and Saigon in Vietnam before annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century.

日本語の意味

ベトナムの17世紀、ベトナム人による併合以前に現在のホーチミン市やサイゴンとして知られていた地域の歴史的名称

Historians debating the origins of Prey Nokor uncovered Khmer inscriptions referring to the settlement that later became Ho Chi Minh City.

サイゴン（現在のホーチミン市）を指すクメール語の古称の起源をめぐって議論していた歴史家たちは、後にこの都市となった集落を示すクメール語の碑文を発見した。

意味（1）

(historical) Name of the Ho Chi Minh City and Saigon in Vietnam before annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century.

In exchange for these alliances, the Vietnamese rulers of the south, the Nguyen clan, obtained administrative control over manv of these areas. The sleepy Cambodian port of Prey Nokor (Forest City) at the mouth of the Mekong was taken over in this way in the 1620’s and renamed Saigon (it is now known as Ho Chi Minh City, and houses several million people).