The origin of the name Yuuzhan Vong(Possible NJO Spoilers

I seem to recall Del Rey saying that the origin of the name Yuuzhan Vong was a major spoiler. I think that that piece of info was true, and so decided to do a bit of research into it. First language I checked turned up something: Yuukyuuzan. I couldn't find the definition of that, so I shortened it to the word 'yuuzan' and looked that up. I found yuuzansubiru and yuuzansu, meaning usance bill and usuance respectively. At first I thought it was a dead end-but then I tried variations on the spelling.
Sure enough, the spelling of the first word in the mystery, "Yuuzhan", spelled "yusan" turned up a definition of excursion, or outing, which could refer to the Outer Rim, or questing outward from home, or could just be a coincidence. All this took me about 10 minutes. So before we launch a massive front of impatient, resourceful people looking for NJO spoilers, I'd like to verify if the tidbit about the origin of the name Yuuzhan Vong being a spoiler is true or not, and whether anyone actually thinks it's from a real language. And this was only about 5 to 10 minutes of relieving my curiosity, so no one be afraid to shoot down my hopes and dreams...

 

I always thought that part of it was "Zahn" from Yuuzhan since timothy zahn sort of issued in the NJO with the hand of thrawn books.

 

hmmm, it seems to rhyme with "Booze and Bong",

 

Does anyone know if the info that the name was a spoiler was fact or fiction?

 

I remember hearing that they saw it on a Vietnamese restaurant menu in New York somewhere...

 

the "spoiler" was released months ago in an insider. it said they got the name from a restaurant menu.

 

Eating Yuuzhan Vong... GEh!m lol.

I remember there was a joke where the title came from an arguement between Genghis and Timothy Zhan.

Genghis: "You, Zhan, Are Wrong!"

And someone turned it to Yuuzhan R Vong and R was taken out.

 

So then Yuuzhan Vong is some sort of Vietnamese food? Does anybody have any deeper knowledge than that? like what type of food? As weird as it is, that could still lead to a nifty spoiler or corny yet lovable piece of trivia.

 

Right now I'm trying to find a good, working Vietnamese to English Online Dictionary. For all we know, their food could be named 'Distant Moon' or something equally grandiose! Anyone know where I can get one?

 

Genghis: "You, Zhan, Are Wrong!"

I thought the joke went that he ran up to him screaming "You! Zahn! Wrong!"

 

(bump)

 

One step closer to solving the great mystery! I 've found that the word vong means circle, revolution, or loop. Circle of life? Or something else? Speculate!

 

VERY interesting!

 

Well, consider this innocuous factoid: there seems to be heck of a lot of words/places/names beginning with "Y" in Star Wars, quite a lot.

 

I have almost completely checked out my sources, and I'm quite sure that the word Yuuzhan does not come from Vietnamese. I believe it might have originated from the Japanese word yusan after all. I'll have to check that out. I think I'm going to do some research on Del Rey, to see if these words come from any of their home languages, so I know which ones to look up. If you guys have any leads, or if Yuuzhan sounds like something in a language you know, please keep posting, even if it's just speculation.

 

You Zhan Wrong!


LMAO