Vietnam

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnɑːm/, /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnæm/, /(ˈ)viːətˈnɑːm/, /(ˈ)viːətˈnæm/
• (America) IPA: /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnɑm/, /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnæm/, /ˌvi.ətˈnɑm/, /ˌvi.ətˈnæm/
• (America, rare, perhaps modeled on piece etc, or the South Vietnamese pronunciation) IPA: /(ˈ)vitˈnɑm/, /(ˈ)vitˈnæm/

Proper noun

1. A country in Southeast Asia, on the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula, officially named Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

   Synonyms: Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Nam

2. The Vietnam War.

   Synonyms: Nam

Translations

• French: Viêt Nam, Vietnam
• German: Vietnam
• Italian: Vietnam
• Portuguese: Vietname (Portugal), Vietnã (Brazil)
• Russian: Вьетна́м
• Spanish: Vietnam

Noun

Vietnam (plural Vietnams)

1. A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of a place (the site of the war) cannot win.

   another Vietnam

   the Soviet Union's Vietnam (the 1979–89 occupation of Afghanistan)

   France's Vietnam (the Algerian War or First Indochina War)

2. (US, slang) A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.

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