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Viet-Namese

Viet-Namese is the alternative form of Vietnamese.

Meaning of Vietnamese

Adjective

Vietnamese (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Vietnam.
    • As I rubbed my face, a middle-aged man gripped my neck, the way Vietnamese fathers or uncles often do when trying to pour their strength into you.2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 228

See all 4 meanings of Vietnamese

Origin of Viet-Namese

From Viet-Nam + -ese.

Questions about Viet-Namese

What is Viet-Namese the alternative form of?
Viet-Namese is the alternative form of Vietnamese.

Words near Viet-Namese in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Viet-Namese (page history and authors); Vietnamese (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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