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Viet Minh

UK/ˌviː.ɛt ˈmɪn/US/ˌvi.ɛt ˈmɪn/

Viet Minh proper noun: a Vietnamese Communist independence and nationalist movement led by Hồ Chí Minh in 1941 organized to wage a guerrilla war against the invading Imperial Japanese forces and later the French in an effort to drive colonialist powers out of Indochina.

Proper noun

Viet Minh

  1. (historical) A Vietnamese Communist independence and nationalist movement led by Hồ Chí Minh in 1941 organized to wage a guerrilla war against the invading Imperial Japanese forces and later the French in an effort to drive colonialist powers out of Indochina.

Origin of Viet Minh

From Vietnamese Việt Minh, shorted form of Việt-Nam Độc-Lập Đông-Minh (Vietnam Independence League).

Questions about Viet Minh

What does Viet Minh mean?
Viet Minh means a Vietnamese Communist independence and nationalist movement led by Hồ Chí Minh in 1941 organized to wage a guerrilla war against the invading Imperial Japanese forces and later the French in an effort to drive colonialist powers out of Indochina.
What part of speech is Viet Minh?
Viet Minh is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Viet Minh?
Viet Minh is pronounced /ˌviː.ɛt ˈmɪn/ (UK).

Words near Viet Minh in the dictionary

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

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