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Viet-Nam

Viet-Nam is the alternative form of Vietnam.

Meaning of Vietnam

Proper noun

Vietnam

  1. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Capital: Hanoi.
    • But as in the case of Japan, the results of self-dealing corruption largely remain in the country rather than escaping to Swiss bank accounts as often happened with the style of 1950s era corruption seen in Vietnam or the Philippines.2011 August 1, Steve Clemons, “China's Internal Pluralism Is Nothing to Cheer About”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021
  2. (US, colloquial) The Vietnam War.
    • David Rabe's anti-Viet Nam play Streamers1983 December 31, Michael Bronski, “A Sharply Focused Film”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 16
    Synonyms:
    Nam

See all 5 meanings of Vietnam

Words formed from Viet-Nam

Phrases with Viet-Nam

Questions about Viet-Nam

What is Viet-Nam the alternative form of?
Viet-Nam is the alternative form of Vietnam.

Words near Viet-Nam in the dictionary

  1. Viescas
  2. Viet
  3. Viet Cong
  4. Viet Minh
  5. Viet Nam
  6. Viet-Nam
  7. Viet-Namese
  8. Viet.
  9. Vieta's formula
  10. Vietcong
  11. Vietcongs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Viet-Nam (page history and authors); Vietnam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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