Cửu Long province

Cửu Long was a province in the

In Vietnamese, Cửu Long (deriving from the Sino-Vietnamese 九龍) literally means "nine dragons," referring to the Mekong, known in Vietnamese as the "River of Nine Dragons".

The area of Hong Kong called Kowloon shares a common etymology.

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Bibliography

• "Cuu Long".
  Encyclopaedia Britannica. Archived
  from the original on 9 March 2021.

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