In 258 BCE An Duong Vuong founded the kingdom of Âu Lac in what is now northern Vietnam. In 208 BC, Chao Tuo (known as Trieu Dà in Vietnamese), a former Qin general from China, allied with the leaders of the Yue peoples in modern-day Guangdong and declared himself King of Southern Yue. He defeated An Duong Vuong and then combined Âu Luc with territories in southern China and named his kingdom Nam Viet, or Southern Yue (南越). (Nam means south). Viet is cognate to yuet 越, which is the pronunciation of Yue in ancient Chinese and some modern southern Chinese dialects. The term was used for various peoples in the region south of China, including the regions of northern Vietnam.

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