Originally posted by Doktor
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Nan 南 = south, that is correct.
Together (越南), it means south of that region.
Literally, yue 越 means to over take, to supersede.
I suspect the word came from 粵, which has the same pronunciation as 越. The province of Canton, or Guandong, was named 粵. The dialect is called 粵語. Where is Vietnam? South of Guandong...
That's just my uneducated guess.
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