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See also: vietnam, Víetnam, Viëtnam, Viet Nam, Viêt Nam, and Việt Nam
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English

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National flag of Vietnam

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam. Extended senses come from the Vietnam War.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Vietnam

  2. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Capital: Hanoi.
    Synonyms: (official name) Socialist Republic of Vietnam, (informal) Nam
    • 2011 August 1, Steve Clemons, “China's Internal Pluralism Is Nothing to Cheer About”, in The Atlantic‎[1], archived from the original on 11 April 2021:
      But as in the case of Japan, the results of self-dealing corruption largely remain in the country rather than escaping to Swiss bank accounts as often happened with the style of 1950s era corruption seen in Vietnam or the Philippines.
  3. (chiefly US, colloquial) The Vietnam War.
    Synonym: (informal) Nam
    • 1983 December 31, Michael Bronski, “A Sharply Focused Film”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 16:
      David Rabe's anti-Viet Nam play Streamers

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Burmese: ဗီယက်နမ် (biyaknam)
  • → Japanese: ベトナム (Betonamu)
  • → Okinawan: ベトナム (Betonamu)

Translations

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Further reading

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Noun

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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
    the Soviet Union's Vietnam (the 1979–89 occupation of Afghanistan)
    France's Vietnam (the Algerian War or First Indochina War)
  2. (US, slang) A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.
    • 1992, “187um (Deep Cover Remix)”, in Deep Cover, performed by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg:
      Welcome back to Vietnam, California.
    • 1992, “Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat”, in The Chronic, performed by Dr. Dre, Death Row Records:
      Vietnam, California, back in and on a mission.
  3. (US, slang, by extension) A situation in which one cannot win.
    • 1989, Michael Goodwin, Naomi Wise, On the Edge: The Life and Times of Francis Coppola, page 195:
      Everyone was miserable, including Coppola. "It was my Vietnam," he moaned a few months later.
    • 2011, “Judy is your Viet Nam”, performed by They Might Be Giants:
      Judy is the great deceiver / Judy is your Viet Nam

See also

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countries in Asia (appendix)edit

Albanian

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Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sq

Proper noun

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Vietnam m (definite Vietnami)

  1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

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Declension of Vietnam
singular
indefinite definite
nominative Vietnam Vietnami
accusative Vietnamin
dative/ablative Vietnami Vietnamit

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun

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Vietnam m

  1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bietnam/ [bi.et̪.nãm]
  • Rhymes: -etnam, -am
  • Hyphenation: Vi‧et‧nam

Proper noun

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Vietnam inan

  1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

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Declension of Vietnam (inan C-stem)
indefinite
absolutive Vietnam
ergative Vietnamek
dative Vietnami
genitive Vietnamen
comitative Vietnamekin
causative Vietnamengatik
benefactive Vietnamentzat
instrumental Vietnamez
inessive Vietnamen
locative Vietnameko
allative Vietnamera
terminative Vietnameraino
directive Vietnamerantz
destinative Vietnamerako
ablative Vietnametik
partitive Vietnamik
prolative Vietnamtzat

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Asia: Asiako herrialdeak (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Vietnam m

  1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Etymology

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From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun

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Vietnam

  1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

Central Nahuatl

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Etymology

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From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun

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Vietnam

  1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

Cornish

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Cornish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia kw

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Vietnam

  1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

Coordinate terms

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countries in Asia: powyow Asi (appendix)edit
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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology

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    Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

    Pronunciation

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    Proper noun

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    Vietnam m inan (relational adjective vietnamský, demonym Vietnamec, female demonym Vietnamka)

    1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

    Declension

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    Declension of Vietnam (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
    singular
    nominative Vietnam
    genitive Vietnamu
    dative Vietnamu
    accusative Vietnam
    vocative Vietname
    locative Vietnamu
    instrumental Vietnamem
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    Further reading

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    Danish

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    Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia da

    Etymology

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    From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

    Proper noun

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    Vietnam

    1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
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    Dutch

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    Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia nl

    Etymology

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    From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /vjɛtˈnɑm/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: Viet‧nam
    • Rhymes: -ɑm

    Proper noun

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    Vietnam n

    1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

    Derived terms

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    Estonian

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    Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia et

    Etymology

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    From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈvie̯tnɑm/, [ˈvie̯tnɑm]

    Proper noun

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    Vietnam (genitive Vietnami, partitive Vietnami)

    1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

    Declension

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    Declension of Vietnam (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative Vietnam —
    accusative nom.
    gen. Vietnami
    genitive —
    partitive Vietnami —
    illative Vietnami
    Vietnamisse     		—
    inessive Vietnamis —
    elative Vietnamist —
    allative Vietnamile —
    adessive Vietnamil —
    ablative Vietnamilt —
    translative Vietnamiks —
    terminative Vietnamini —
    essive Vietnamina —
    abessive Vietnamita —
    comitative Vietnamiga —

    Finnish

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    Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia fi

    Etymology

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    From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈʋie̯tnɑm/, [ˈʋie̞̯t̪n̪ɑ̝m]
    • Rhymes: -ietnɑm
    • Syllabification(key): Viet‧nam
    • Hyphenation(key): Viet‧nam

    Proper noun

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    Vietnam

    1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
      Vietnamin sosialistinen tasavalta ― Socialist Republic of Vietnam

    Declension

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    Inflection of Vietnam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    nominative Vietnam —
    genitive Vietnamin —
    partitive Vietnamia —
    illative Vietnamiin —
    singular plural
    nominative Vietnam —
    accusative nom. Vietnam —
    gen. Vietnamin
    genitive Vietnamin —
    partitive Vietnamia —
    inessive Vietnamissa —
    elative Vietnamista —
    illative Vietnamiin —
    adessive Vietnamilla —
    ablative Vietnamilta —
    allative Vietnamille —
    essive Vietnamina —
    translative Vietnamiksi —
    abessive Vietnamitta —
    instructive — —
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of Vietnam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Vietnamini —
    accusative nom. Vietnamini —
    gen. Vietnamini
    genitive Vietnamini —
    partitive Vietnamiani —
    inessive Vietnamissani —
    elative Vietnamistani —
    illative Vietnamiini —
    adessive Vietnamillani —
    ablative Vietnamiltani —
    allative Vietnamilleni —
    essive Vietnaminani —
    translative Vietnamikseni —
    abessive Vietnamittani —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Vietnamisi —
    accusative nom. Vietnamisi —
    gen. Vietnamisi
    genitive Vietnamisi —
    partitive Vietnamiasi —
    inessive Vietnamissasi —
    elative Vietnamistasi —
    illative Vietnamiisi —
    adessive Vietnamillasi —
    ablative Vietnamiltasi —
    allative Vietnamillesi —
    essive Vietnaminasi —
    translative Vietnamiksesi —
    abessive Vietnamittasi —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Vietnamimme —
    accusative nom. Vietnamimme —
    gen. Vietnamimme
    genitive Vietnamimme —
    partitive Vietnamiamme —
    inessive Vietnamissamme —
    elative Vietnamistamme —
    illative Vietnamiimme —
    adessive Vietnamillamme —
    ablative Vietnamiltamme —
    allative Vietnamillemme —
    essive Vietnaminamme —
    translative Vietnamiksemme —
    abessive Vietnamittamme —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Vietnaminne —
    accusative nom. Vietnaminne —
    gen. Vietnaminne
    genitive Vietnaminne —
    partitive Vietnamianne —
    inessive Vietnamissanne —
    elative Vietnamistanne —
    illative Vietnamiinne —
    adessive Vietnamillanne —
    ablative Vietnamiltanne —
    allative Vietnamillenne —
    essive Vietnaminanne —
    translative Vietnamiksenne —
    abessive Vietnamittanne —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Vietnaminsa —
    accusative nom. Vietnaminsa —
    gen. Vietnaminsa
    genitive Vietnaminsa —
    partitive Vietnamiaan
    Vietnamiansa     		—
    inessive Vietnamissaan
    Vietnamissansa     		—
    elative Vietnamistaan
    Vietnamistansa     		—
    illative Vietnamiinsa —
    adessive Vietnamillaan
    Vietnamillansa     		—
    ablative Vietnamiltaan
    Vietnamiltansa     		—
    allative Vietnamilleen
    Vietnamillensa     		—
    essive Vietnaminaan
    Vietnaminansa     		—
    translative Vietnamikseen
    Vietnamiksensa     		—
    abessive Vietnamittaan
    Vietnamittansa     		—
    instructive — —
    comitative — —

    Derived terms

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    compounds

    French

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    French Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia fr

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

      Pronunciation

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      Proper noun

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      Vietnam m

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

      Derived terms

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      countries in Asia: pays d'Asie (appendix)edit

      Galician

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

      Proper noun

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      Vietnam m

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
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      German

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      German Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia de

      Etymology

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      From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

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      Proper noun

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      Vietnam n (proper noun, genitive Vietnams or (optionally with an article) Vietnam, plural Vietnam)

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia; official name: Sozialistische Republik Vietnam)
        • 2012, Otto Nigsch, Regierung und Gouvernance: Zur Geschichte der bestehenden Ordnung, page 102:
          Dieser zweite Teil der Genfer Erklärung sah auch vor, im Juli 1956 Wahlen zur Vereinigung der beiden Vietnam durchzuführen, doch wurde dieser Teil der Verträge nicht mehr unterschrieben.
          This second part of the Geneva Declaration also provided for elections to be held in July 1956 to unify the two Vietnams, but this part of the treaties was never signed.
        • 2014, Heino Caesar, Commander: Ein Bericht. Buch 3, page 180:
          Es war ein blau-gelb-grüner runder Fleck im dunklen Meer unter ihnen auf 17° Nordbreite, der noch existierenden Demarkationslinie zwischen den beiden Vietnam.
          It was a blue-yellow-green round spot in the dark sea below them at 17° north latitude, the still existing demarcation line between the two Vietnams.

      Usage notes

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      • The plural Vietnam refers to North Vietnam (German: Nordvietnam) and South Vietnam (German: Südvietnam).

      Declension

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      Declension of Vietnam [neuter, toponym]
      singular plural
      def. noun def. noun
      nominative das Vietnam die Vietnam
      genitive des Vietnams, Vietnam1 der Vietnam
      dative dem Vietnam den Vietnam
      accusative das Vietnam die Vietnam

      1Optionally with an article.

      Derived terms

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      Further reading

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      • “Vietnam” in Duden online
      • “Vietnam” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

      Hungarian

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       Vietnam on Hungarian Wikipedia

      Etymology

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      From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

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      • IPA(key): [ˈvijɛtnaːm]
      • Hyphenation: Vi‧et‧nam

      Proper noun

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      Vietnam

      1. superseded spelling of Vietnám[1][2][3]

      Declension

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      Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
      singular plural
      nominative Vietnam —
      accusative Vietnamot —
      dative Vietnamnak —
      instrumental Vietnammal —
      causal-final Vietnamért —
      translative Vietnammá —
      terminative Vietnamig —
      essive-formal Vietnamként —
      essive-modal — —
      inessive Vietnamban —
      superessive Vietnamon —
      adessive Vietnamnál —
      illative Vietnamba —
      sublative Vietnamra —
      allative Vietnamhoz —
      elative Vietnamból —
      delative Vietnamról —
      ablative Vietnamtól —
      non-attributive
      possessive – singular       		Vietnamé —
      non-attributive
      possessive – plural       		Vietnaméi —
      Possessive forms of Vietnam
      possessor single possession multiple possessions
      1st person sing. Vietnamom —
      2nd person sing. Vietnamod —
      3rd person sing. Vietnamja —
      1st person plural Vietnamunk —
      2nd person plural Vietnamotok —
      3rd person plural Vietnamjuk —

      Derived terms

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      References

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      1. ^ Section 18 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (‘The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
      2. ^ e-nyelv: Mostantól: Vietnám!
      3. ^ Magyar Nyelvőr: Megjelent A magyar helyesírás szabályai 12. kiadása

      Indonesian

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      Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia id

      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

      Pronunciation

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      Vietnam

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

      Noun

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      Vietnam (plural Vietnam-Vietnam)

      1. Vietnamese

      Adjective

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      Vietnam (comparative lebih Vietnam, superlative paling Vietnam)

      1. Vietnamese

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      countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

      Italian

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      Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia it

      Etymology

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      Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈvjɛt.nam/, (traditional) /vjetˈnam/[1]
      • Rhymes: -ɛtnam, (traditional) -am
      • Hyphenation: Vièt‧nam, (traditional) Viet‧nàm

      Proper noun

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      Vietnam m

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

      Derived terms

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      References

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      1. ^ Vietnam in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

      Anagrams

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      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia no

      Etymology

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      From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

      Proper noun

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      Vietnam

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia nn

      Etymology

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      From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

      Proper noun

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      Vietnam

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
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      Scots

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      Scots Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sco

      Etymology

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      From English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

      Proper noun

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      Vietnam

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

      Slovak

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      Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sk

      Etymology

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      Ultimately from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /vɪ̯etnam/, [ˈʋɪ̯etnam]
      • Rhymes: -ɪ̯etnam
      • Hyphenation: Viet‧nam

      Proper noun

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      Vietnam m inan (relational adjective vietnamský, demonym Vietnamec, female demonym Vietnamka)

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

      Declension

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      Declension of Vietnam
      (pattern dub)
      singular
      nominativeVietnam
      genitiveVietnamu
      dativeVietnamu
      accusativeVietnam
      locativeVietname
      instrumentalVietnamom

      Derived terms

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      See also

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      countries in Asia: štáty Ázie (appendix)edit

      Further reading

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      • “Vietnam”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

      Slovene

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      Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sl

      Pronunciation

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      Proper noun

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      Víetnam m inan (relational adjective víetnamski, demonym Víetnamec, female demonym Víetnamka)

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

      Declension

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      Unknown tone or non-tonal
      		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
      Masculine inan., hard o-stem
      nominative Víetnam
      genitive Víetnama
      singular
      nominative
      (imenovȃlnik)       		Víetnam
      genitive
      (rodȋlnik)       		Víetnama
      dative
      (dajȃlnik)       		Víetnamu
      accusative
      (tožȋlnik)       		Víetnam
      locative
      (mẹ̑stnik)       		Víetnamu
      instrumental
      (orọ̑dnik)       		Víetnamom
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      See also

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      countries in Asia: držáve Ázije (appendix)edit

      Further reading

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      • “Vietnam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
      • “Vietnam”, in Termania, Amebis
      • See also the general references

      Spanish

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      Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia es

      Etymology

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      From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /bjedˈnam/ [bjeð̞ˈnãm]
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -am
      • Syllabification: Viet‧nam

      Proper noun

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      Vietnam m

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
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      Swahili

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      Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sw

      Proper noun

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      Vietnam

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

      Swedish

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      Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sv

      Etymology

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      From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

      Pronunciation

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      Proper noun

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      Vietnam n (genitive Vietnams)

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
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      See also

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      countries in Asia: Asiens länder (appendix)edit

      References

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      Anagrams

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      Turkish

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      Etymology

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      From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

      Pronunciation

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      Proper noun

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      Vietnam

      1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

      Declension

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      Declension of Vietnam
      singular plural
      nominative Vietnam -
      definite accusative Vietnam'ı -
      dative Vietnam'a -
      locative Vietnam'da -
      ablative Vietnam'dan -
      genitive Vietnam'ın -
      Possessive forms of Vietnam
      singular plural
      benim (my) Vietnam'ım Vietnamlarım
      senin (your) Vietnam'ın Vietnamların
      onun (his/her/its) Vietnam'ı Vietnamları
      bizim (our) Vietnam'ımız Vietnamlarımız
      sizin (your) Vietnam'ınız Vietnamlarınız
      onların (their) Vietnam'ı
      Vietnamları       		Vietnamları

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      See also

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      countries in Asia: Asya ülkeleri (appendix)edit
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