Noun
- 1. Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Annam
- usage: a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945
- 2. Vietnam War, Vietnam
- usage: 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
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