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A Vietnamese surname.
"The Ly family opened one of the first Vietnamese restaurants in the neighborhood."
How to Use Ly
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA common Vietnamese family name.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Lý, a cognate of the Chinese-derived surname Lee.