làng

Etymology
Cognate 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) village

Etymology
Probably from a language, compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  a village
 * 2)  circles; world

Usage notes

 * There are multiple words for villages and it is not always clear what the differences are, although it does seem to be a matter of regional and ethnic preference. Northern villages of the ethnically Vietnamese are either or . Highlanders' villages are, and Central Highland villages are . Southern villages of the ethnically Vietnamese tend to be , while Khmer villages are.