Vietnam

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

English

Alternative forms

• Viet Nam

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /(ˌ)vjɛtˈnɑːm/, /(ˌ)vjɛtˈnæm/, /(ˌ)viɛtˈnɑːm/, /(ˌ)viɛtˈnæm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /viˌɛtˈnɑm/, /viˌɛtˈnæm/, /(ˌ)vjɛtˈnɑm/, /(ˌ)vjɛtˈnæm/, /ˌvi.ətˈnɑm/, /ˌvi.ətˈnæm/, /(ˌ)vitˈnɑm/, /(ˌ)vitˈnæm/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːm, -æm

Proper noun

Vietnam

2. A country in Southeast Asia, on the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula, officially named Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

   Synonyms: Socialist Republic of Vietnam (official name), Nam (informal)

3. The Vietnam War.

   Synonym: Nam (informal)

Translations

country in Southeast Asia

• Abkhaz: Виетнам (Vieṭnām)
• Afrikaans: Viëtnam
• Albanian: Vietnam m
• Amharic: ቬት ናም (vet nam)
• Arabic: فِيتْنَام‎ f (viyetnām)
• Armenian: Վիետնամ (Vietnam)
• Assamese: ভিয়েটনাম (bhietonam)
• Asturian: Vietnam (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Vyetnam (az)
• Bashkir: Вьетнам (V’yetnam)
• Belarusian: В'етна́м m (Vʺjetnám)
• Bengali: ভিয়েতনাম (bhiyetnam)
• Breton: Viêt Nam
• Bulgarian: Виетна́м (bg) m (Vietnám)
• Burmese: ဗီယက်နမ် (my) (biyaknam)
• Catalan: Vietnam (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 越南 (jyut⁶ naam⁴)

  Hakka: 越南 (Ye̍t-nàm)

  Mandarin: 越南 (zh) (Yuènán)

  Min Dong: 越南 (Uŏk-nàng)

  Min Nan: 越南 (O̍at-lâm)

  Wu: 越南 (hhyq noe)

• Czech: Vietnam (cs) m
• Danish: Vietnam (da)
• Dhivehi: ވިއެޓުނާމު‎ (dv) (vieṭunāmu)
• Dutch: Vietnam (nl)
• Esperanto: Vjetnamio (eo), Vjet-Namo, Vjetnamo
• Estonian: Vietnam (et)
• Faroese: Vjetnam n
• Finnish: Vietnam (fi)
• French: Viêt Nam (fr) m, Vietnam (fr) m
• Galician: Vietnam (gl)
• Georgian: ვიეტნამი (vieṭnami)
• German: Vietnam (de) n
• Greek: Βιετνάμ (el) n (Vietnám)
• Gujarati: વિએટનામ (vieṭanām)
• Hausa: Biyetinam
• Hawaiian: Wiekanama
• Hebrew: וייטנאם / וְיֶטְנָאם‎ f (vyetnam)
• Hindi: वियतनाम (hi) m (viyatnām)
• Hungarian: Vietnam (hu)
• Icelandic: Víetnam (is)
• Indonesian: Vietnam (id)
• Interlingua: Vietnam
• Irish: Vítneam m
• Italian: Vietnam (it)
• Japanese: ベトナム (ja) (Betonamu), 越南 (ja) (えつなん, Etsunan, ベトナム, Betonamu)
• Kamba: Vietnam
• Kannada: ವಿಯೆಟ್ನಾಮ್ (kn) (viyeṭnām)
• Kazakh: Вьетнам (Vʹetnam)
• Khmer: វៀតណាម (km) (viət naam)
• Korean: 베트남 (Beteunam), 윁남 (Wennam), 월남 (Wollam) (越南 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: Вьетнам (Vʹyetnam)
• Lao: ຫວຽດນາມ (lo) (wīat nām), ວຽດນາມ (wīat nām)

• Latvian: Vjetnama (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Vietnamas (lt) m
• Lü: ᦶᦂᧁ (k̇aew)
• Macedonian: Виетнам (mk) m (Vietnam)
• Malay: Vietnam
• Malayalam: വിയറ്റ്നാം (viyaṟṟnāṃ)
• Maltese: il-Vjetnam
• Maori: Whitināma
• Marathi: व्हियेतनाम (vhiyetnām)
• Mongolian: Вьетнам (Vʹjetnam)
• Navajo: Biʼednam
• Nepali: भियतनाम (bhiyatnām)
• Norman: Vietnam m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Vietnam (no)

  Nynorsk: Vietnam (nn)

• Occitan: Vietnam
• Oriya: ଭିଏତନାମ (bhietônamô)
• Ossetian: Вьетнам (Vʹetnam)
• Pashto: ويتنام‎ m (witnãm)
• Persian: ویتنام‎ (fa) (viyatnâm)
• Polish: Wietnam (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Vietname (pt) m (Portugal), Vietnã (pt) m (Brazil)
• Punjabi: ਵੀਅਤਨਾਮ (pa) (vīatanām)
• Romanian: Vietnam (ro) n
• Russian: Вьетна́м (ru) m (Vʹjetnám)
• Santali: ᱵᱷᱤᱭᱮᱴᱱᱟᱢ (bhiyeṭnam)
• Scots: Vietnam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ви̏јетнам m

  Roman: Vȉjetnam (sh) m

• Sinhalese: වියට්‍නාමය (viyaṭ‍nāmaya)
• Slovak: Vietnam m
• Slovene: Vietnam (sl) m
• Spanish: Vietnam (es) m
• Swahili: Vietinamu (sw), Uvieti
• Swedish: Vietnam (sv)
• Tagalog: Byetnam
• Tajik: Виетнам (Viyetnam)
• Tamil: வியட்நாம் (viyaṭnām)
• Tatar: Вьетнам (W’yetnam)
• Telugu: వియత్నాం (te) (viyatnāṃ)
• Thai: เวียดนาม (th) (wîiat-naam), ญวน (th) (yuuan)
• Turkish: Vietnam (tr)
• Turkmen: Wýetnam
• Ukrainian: В'єтна́м (uk) m (Vʺjetnám)
• Urdu: ویتنام‎ m (viyatnām)
• Uyghur: ۋيېتنام‎ (wyëtnam)
• Uzbek: Vyetnam (uz)
• Vietnamese: Việt Nam (vi) (越南 (vi))
• Welsh: Fietnam
• West Frisian: Fjetnam
• Yiddish: וויעטנאַם‎ n (vyetnam)
• Yoruba: Fẹtinami
• Zhuang: Yeznanz, ^{(please verify)} Yiednamz

Noun

Vietnam (plural Vietnams)

1. A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of a place (the site of the war) cannot win.

   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, Death Row Records, performed by Dr. Dre:

     Vietnam, California, back in and on a mission.

See also

• Countries of the world
• Srebrenica, Chernobyl

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Asturian

Proper noun

Vietnam m

1. Vietnam

Related terms

• vietnamita

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Catalan

Proper noun

Vietnam m

1. Vietnam

Related terms

• vietnamita

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Czech

Proper noun

Vietnam m

1. Vietnam

Related terms

• vietnamský
• vietnamština
• Vietnamec
• Vietnamka

Further reading

• Vietnam in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Vietnam in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Proper noun

Vietnam

1. Vietnam

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Vietnam n

1. Vietnam

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Finnish

Proper noun

Vietnam

1. Vietnam

Declension

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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Vietnamitta	—
comitative		—	—

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French

Alternative forms

• (rare or obsolete) Viêt Nam
• Viet Nam

Etymology

From Vietnamese Việt Nam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɛt.nam/

• Audio (France)

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Proper noun

Vietnam m

1. Vietnam

Derived terms

• vietnamien

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Galician

Proper noun

Vietnam m

1. Vietnam

Related terms

• vietnamita

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -am, -aːm

Proper noun

Vietnam n (genitive Vietnam or Vietnams, plural Vietnam)

1. 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.

   • 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.

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of Vietnam

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Vietnam	die	Vietnam
genitive	eines	des	Vietnams, Vietnam	der	Vietnam
dative	einem	dem	Vietnam	den	Vietnam
accusative	ein	das	Vietnam	die	Vietnam

Derived terms

• Nordvietnam n
• Südvietnam n
• vietnamesisch
• Vietnamese m
• Vietnamesin f

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Vietnam

1. superseded spelling of Vietnám.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Vietnam	Vietnamok
accusative	Vietnamot	Vietnamokat
dative	Vietnamnak	Vietnamoknak
instrumental	Vietnammal	Vietnamokkal
causal-final	Vietnamért	Vietnamokért
translative	Vietnammá	Vietnamokká
terminative	Vietnamig	Vietnamokig
essive-formal	Vietnamként	Vietnamokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Vietnamban	Vietnamokban
superessive	Vietnamon	Vietnamokon
adessive	Vietnamnál	Vietnamoknál
illative	Vietnamba	Vietnamokba
sublative	Vietnamra	Vietnamokra
allative	Vietnamhoz	Vietnamokhoz
elative	Vietnamból	Vietnamokból
delative	Vietnamról	Vietnamokról
ablative	Vietnamtól	Vietnamoktól

Possessive forms of Vietnam
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Vietnamom	Vietnamjaim
2nd person sing.	Vietnamod	Vietnamjaid
3rd person sing.	Vietnamja	Vietnamjai
1st person plural	Vietnamunk	Vietnamjaink
2nd person plural	Vietnamotok	Vietnamjaitok
3rd person plural	Vietnamjuk	Vietnamjaik

Derived terms

• vietnami

Further reading

• e-nyelv: Mostantól: Vietnám!
• Magyar Nyelvőr: Megjelent A magyar helyesírás szabályai 12. kiadása

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Italian

Proper noun

Vietnam m

1. Vietnam

Derived terms

• vietnamita

Anagrams

• mentiva

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Vietnam

1. Vietnam

Related terms

• vietnameser
• vietnamesisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Vietnam

1. Vietnam

Related terms

• vietnamesar
• vietnamesisk

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Scots

Etymology

From English Vietnam.

Proper noun

Vietnam

1. Vietnam

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Slovak

Etymology

Ultimately from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi̯ɛtnam/

Proper noun

Vietnam m (genitive Vietnamu) declension pattern dub

1. Vietnam

Declension

Declension of Vietnam

	singulare tantum
nominative	Vietnam
genitive	Vietnamu
dative	Vietnamu
accusative	Vietnam
locative	Vietname
instrumental	Vietnamom

Derived terms

• Vietnamec m
• Vietnamka f
• vietnamský (adjective)
• vietnamsky (adverb)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjedˈnan/, [bjeðˈnãn]

Proper noun

Vietnam m

1. Vietnam

Related terms

• vietnamita

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Swedish

Proper noun

Vietnam n (genitive Vietnams)

1. Vietnam

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Turkish

Proper noun

Vietnam

1. Vietnam

Derived terms

• Vietnamlı
• Vietnamca