Đại Việt
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Đại Việt (Hán tự: 大越 [ɗâjˀ vjə̀t], literally "Great Viet") is the official name of Vietnamese dynasties beginning with the rule of Lý Thánh Tông (r. 1054–1072), the third king of the Lý Dynasty. Previously, since the rule of Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (r. 968–979), the country had been referred to officially as Đại Cồ Việt (大瞿越); cồ (chu Nom: 𡚝) is a synonym of 大. The term "Việt" is cognate with the Chinese word "Yue", and originally referred collectively to the Baiyue, who comprised the non-Han Chinese ethnic groups of southern China and northern Vietnam.
In 1400, the founder of the Hồ Dynasty, Hồ Quý Ly, changed the country's name to Đại Ngu (大虞). In 1407, Vietnam once fell under Ming Dynasty domination, which lasted until 1427, they renamed the area Annam. In 1428, Lê Lợi, the founder of the Lê Dynasty, liberated Annam and once again restored the kingdom as Đại Việt.
When the Nguyễn Dynasty took power, the country's name was officially changed yet again, in 1804, this time to Việt Nam (越南), until emperor Minh Mạng, in 1839, again renamed it Đại Nam (大南, literally "Great South"); it held this official name until 1945 when it reverted back to Việt Nam.
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