More likely Ha is riverNo ill feeling. we put pressure on everyone but we just put more pressure on you because we have higher expectation on China. Otherwise we won’t become a developed country even after 100 years.
Ha means lake
Noi means inner
Hanoi means inner lake, a city surrounded by lakes or the red river. The red river in Vietnamese: song hong. Song is river, Hong is red.
Hanoi is the inner side of the river.
Naming conventions are similar to how the Chinese name their cities like Henan(South of river) or Hebei(North of river).
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