North Vietnam

English

Alternative forms

• North Viet-Nam, North Viet Nam

Proper noun

North Vietnam

2. (historical) A former Communist country in Southeast Asia that governed northern Vietnam from 1945 to 1975. Official name: Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
   • 1976, Hubert H. Humphrey, The Education of a Public Man: My Life and Politics‎^[1], Garden City, NY: Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 333:

     When we visited Laos, I had lunch with Souvanna Phouma. During the course of the lunch, he said we ought to bomb Red China, that it was the effective way to stop their aid to North Vietnam.

Synonyms

• Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam
• Democratic Republic of Viet Nam
• DRV
• NV

Derived terms

• DRV

Related terms

• north
• North Vietnamese
• South Vietnam
• Viet Nam
• Vietnam
• Viet-Nam

Translations

(historical) a state (officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) that governed northern Vietnam in 1945–1975

• Albanian: Vietnam i Veriut m, Vietnami i Veriut m (definite)
• Arabic: فِيِتْنَام الشَّمَالِيَّة f (fiyitnām aš-šamāliyya) (definite), فْيِتْنَام الشَّمَالِيَّة f (fyitnām aš-šamāliyya) (definite)
• Armenian: Հյուսիսային Վիետնամ (Hyusisayin Vietnam)
• Azerbaijani: Şimali Vyetnam
• Belarusian: Паўно́чны В'етна́м m (Pawnóčny Vʺjetnám)
• Bengali: উত্তর ভিয়েতনাম (uttor bhiẏetonam)
• Bulgarian: Се́верен Виетна́м m (Séveren Vietnám)
• Burmese: မြောက်ဗီယက်နမ် (mraukbiyaknam)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 北越 (bak¹ jyut⁶)

  Mandarin: 北越 (zh) (Běiyuè)

• Czech: Severní Vietnam m
• Danish: Nordvietnam n
• Dutch: Noord-Vietnam n
• Estonian: Põhja-Vietnam
• Finnish: Pohjois-Vietnam
• French: Vietnam du Nord (fr) m, Viêt Nam du Nord m, Nord-Vietnam (fr) m
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი ვიეტნამი (črdiloeti vieṭnami)
• German: Nordvietnam (de) n
• Hindi: उत्तरी वियतनाम m (uttarī viyatnām)
• Hungarian: Észak-Vietnam
• Indonesian: Vietnam Utara
• Italian: Vietnam del Nord m
• Japanese: 北ベトナム (ja) (きたベトナム, Kita Betonamu)
• Khmer: វៀតណាមខាងជើង (viət naam khaang cəəng)
• Korean: 북베트남 (Bukbeteunam)
• Lao: ຫວຽດນາມເໜືອ (huāit nām nư̄a)
• Latvian: Ziemeļvjetnama f
• Lithuanian: Šiaurės Vietnamas m, Šiaurės Vietnamas m
• Macedonian: Северен Виетнам m (Severen Vietnam)
• Malay: Vietnam Utara
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Хойд Вьетнам (Xojd Vʹjetnam)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Nord-Vietnam n

• Persian:

  Dari: وِیَتْنَامِ شُمَالِی (wiyatnām-i šumālī)

  Iranian Persian: وِیَتْنامِ شُمالی (viyatnâm-e šomâli)

• Polish: Wietnam Północny m
• Portuguese: Vietname do Norte m (European), Vietnã do Norte m (Brazilian)
• Romanian: Vietnamul de nord n (definite)
• Russian: Се́верный Вьетна́м m (Sévernyj Vʹjetnám)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Се̏ве̄рнӣ Вијѐтнам m, Сје̏ве̄рнӣ Вијѐтнам m

  Roman: Sȅvērnī Vijètnam m, Sjȅvērnī Vijètnam m

• Slovak: Severný Vietnam m
• Slovene: Severni Vietnam m
• Swahili: Vietnam Kaskazini
• Swedish: Nordvietnam n
• Thai: เวียดนามเหนือ (wîiat-naam-nʉ̌ʉa)
• Turkish: Kuzey Vietnam
• Ukrainian: Півні́чний В'єтна́м m (Pivníčnyj Vʺjetnám)
• Urdu: شُمالِی وِیَت نام m (śumālī viyat nām), شُمالِی وِیَتْنَام m (śumālī viyatnām)
• Vietnamese: Bắc Việt, Bắc Việt Nam, Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hoà

See also

• South Vietnam