vietnam
(noun)
noun
1. a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945
Similar word(s): annam
Definition categories: location
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
Definition categories: act
Sentences with vietnam as a noun:
- another Vietnam
- the Soviet Union's Vietnam (the 1979–89 occupation of Afghanistan)