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Vietnamese
Etymology
Mĩ (“America”) + nguỵ (“fake”), the latter being clipped from nguỵ quyền (“fake, false → puppet regime”) and nguỵ binh ~ nguỵ quân (“puppet army”), as the Republic of Vietnam was considered and denounced as "fake", illegal, illegitimate, and puppets of the US imperialists by Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam.
Pronunciation
Noun
Mĩ-nguỵ
- (collective, history, derogatory) Yanks and puppets (United States' military advisors, soldiers and civil servants and soldiers of South Vietnam)
Nhà trưng bày tội ác Mỹ-nguỵ- Exhibition House for US’ and Puppets’ Crimes (initial name for the War Remnants Museum)