VIET NAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Viet Nam mean? 

• VIET NAM (noun)
  The noun VIET NAM has 1 sense:

1. a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945

  Familiarity information: VIET NAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIET NAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Annam; Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Viet Nam; Vietnam

Instance hypernyms:

Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Viet Nam"):

North Vietnam (a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War)

South Vietnam (a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when it was defeated and annexed by North Vietnam)

capital of Vietnam; Hanoi (the capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam)

Ho Chi Minh City; Saigon (a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina)

Haiphong (a port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center)

Meronyms (members of "Viet Nam"):

Annamese; Vietnamese (a native or inhabitant of Vietnam)

Domain member region:

Dien Bien Phu (the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954)

Vietnam; Vietnam War (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)

Holonyms ("Viet Nam" is a part of...):

Indochina; Indochinese peninsula (a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam)

Holonyms ("Viet Nam" is a member of...):

ASEAN; Association of Southeast Asian Nations (an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism)