Cần Thơ
From the Khmer “kìn tho”, a local snakeskin gourami; the Kìn Tho creek became Cần Thơ creek, then the name of the area.
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Legend of “Cầm Thi Giang” (river of music and poetry): Nguyễn Ánh heard music and verse along the river at night and named it.
Folk hypothesis “cần thơm”: boats selling water celery and herbs called out “cần thơm”, later shortened to Cần Thơ.
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