Đại Việt

For political party, see Dai Viet Quoc Dan Dang.

Hoa Lu - Dai Co Viet Imperial Capital

Đại Việt (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ɗâjˀ vjə̀t] ^{lect? (need audio)}; Hán tự: 大越; literally "Great Viet") is the official name of Vietnamese dynasties beginning with the rule of Lý Thánh Tông (r. 1054–1072), the third king of the Lý Dynasty. Previously, since the rule of Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (r. 968–979), the country had been referred to officially as Đại Cồ Việt (大瞿越); cồ (chu Nom: Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.