VIETNAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vietnam mean? 

• VIETNAM (noun)
  The noun VIETNAM has 2 senses:

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

2. 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

  Familiarity information: VIETNAM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIETNAM (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 "Vietnam"):

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 "Vietnam"):

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 ("Vietnam" 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 ("Vietnam" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Vietnam; Vietnam War

Instance hypernyms:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

Domain region:

Annam; Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Viet Nam; Vietnam (a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945)

 Context examples 

The research also mentioned a reduction in reported dengue cases in a smaller field study in Vinh Luong, Vietnam, in 2018.

(Bacteria-infected mosquitoes slash dengue cases, SciDev.Net)

A country in southeastern Asia, north and east of Thailand, west of Vietnam.

(Lao People's Democratic Republic, NCI Thesaurus)

Besides drinking water, rice is another route to arsenic exposure in countries such as Bangladesh, China, India and Vietnam, where rice is a staple.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

A person having origins in the original peoples of Asia, but not China, India, Korea, the Philippine Islands or Vietnam.

(Other Asian, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in southeastern Asia, comprised of an archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam.

(Philippines, NCI Thesaurus)

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

(Asian, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientists from the World Mosquito Program (WMP), who conducted the trials in Australia, Brazil, Indonesia and Vietnam, told that Wolbachia works by inhibiting reproduction of the viral pathogens while inside the mosquitoes.

(Bacteria-infected mosquitoes slash dengue cases, SciDev.Net)