Talk:Văn Lang

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[edit] Significance of toponym?

What was the significance of the name "Van Lang"? Because the very name, translated as "literate village", suggests that the early Vietnamese saw themselves as "literate", but as opposed to who? Did they believe that their neighbours were not literate or "civilized"? Le Anh-Huy 07:16, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't mean "young man"? How do you get "village" from this? Badagnani (talk) 07:42, 20 December 2007 (UTC)