vietnam
Definition
- Proper noun:
- A country in Southeast Asia: Vietnam is a nation located on the eastern coast of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
- The Vietnam War: A major 20th-century conflict involving North Vietnam and South Vietnam, with significant international involvement.
Usage
- As a country name:
- I traveled to Vietnam last summer to visit Ha Long Bay.
- The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi.
- Referring to the war:
- My grandfather served in Vietnam. (This commonly implies service during the Vietnam War era).
- The history class studied the politics of Vietnam in the 1960s.
Advanced Usage
- "Vietnam syndrome": A historical term referring to a period of American public reluctance to intervene militarily overseas, stemming from the experience of the Vietnam War.
- The debate over foreign policy was influenced by the Vietnam syndrome.
- Used attributively to describe things originating from or related to the country.
- She collects Vietnam era memorabilia.
- We ate at a Vietnam restaurant.
Variants and Related Words
- Vietnamese (adj): Of or relating to Vietnam, its people, or their language.
- She is studying Vietnamese culture.
- Vietnamese (n): A person from Vietnam; the official language of Vietnam.
- He is a Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh City.
- She is fluent in Vietnamese.
Synonyms
- Socialist Republic of Vietnam: The official full name of the country.
- Indochina: The broader geographical region containing Vietnam (Note: This is a regional term, not a direct synonym for the country).
Related Phrases
- "the Vietnam War": The specific name for the prolonged conflict (1954-1975).
- He wrote a book about the Vietnam War.
- "post-Vietnam": Referring to the period after the Vietnam War.
- The film examines post-Vietnam America.
Noun
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a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States
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a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945
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