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Vietnams

Vietnams is the plural of Vietnam.

Meaning of Vietnam

Noun

Vietnam (plural Vietnams)

  1. A long and protracted war or conflict in which the dominating foreign occupier is unable to secure a victory.
    • another Vietnam
  2. (US, slang) A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.
    • Welcome back to Vietnam, California.1992, “187um (Deep Cover Remix)”, in Deep Cover, performed by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg
  3. (US, broadly, slang) A situation in which one cannot win.
    • Everyone was miserable, including Coppola. "It was my Vietnam," he moaned a few months later.1989, Michael Goodwin, Naomi Wise, On the Edge: The Life and Times of Francis Coppola, page 195

See all 5 meanings of Vietnam

Questions about Vietnams

What is Vietnams the plural of?
Vietnams is the plural of Vietnam.

Words near Vietnams in the dictionary

  1. Vietnamize
  2. Vietnamized
  3. Vietnamizes
  4. Vietnamizing
  5. Vietnamology
  6. Vietnams
  7. Vietnik
  8. Vietniks
  9. Vietor
  10. Vietraq
  11. Viets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Vietnams (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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