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English
National flag of Vietnam
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam . Extended senses come from the Vietnam War .
Pronunciation
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /(ˈ)viːətˈnɑːm/ , /(ˈ)viːətˈnæm/ , /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnɑːm/ , /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnæm/
( Cockney ) IPA (key ) : /ˌvjɛʔˈnɑːm/
( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˌvi.ətˈnɑm/ , /ˌvi.ətˈnæm/ , /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnɑm/ , /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnæm/
( US , rare, perhaps modeled on piece etc, or the South Vietnamese pronunciation) IPA (key ) : /(ˈ)vitˈnɑm/ , /(ˈ)vitˈnæm/
Rhymes: -ɑːm , -æm
Proper noun
Vietnam
A country in Southeast Asia . Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam . Capital: Hanoi .
Synonyms: ( official name ) Socialist Republic of Vietnam , ( informal ) Nam
( chiefly US , colloquial ) The Vietnam War .
Synonym: ( informal ) Nam
Derived terms
Translations
country in Southeast Asia
Abkhaz: Виетнам ( Vjetʼnam )
Afrikaans: Viëtnam
Albanian: Vietnam m
Amharic: ቬት ናም ( vet nam )
Arabic: فِيتْنَام f ( fiyitnām )
Hijazi Arabic: فِيِتنام f ( fiyitnām )
Armenian: Վիետնամ (hy) ( Vietnam )
Assamese: ভিয়েটনাম ( bhietonam )
Asturian: Vietnam (ast)
Azerbaijani: Vyetnam (az)
Bashkir: Вьетнам ( Vʹyetnam )
Belarusian: В'етна́м m ( Vʺjetnám )
Bengali: ভিয়েতনাম (bn) ( bhiẏetonam )
Breton: Viêt Nam , Viêtnam , Vietnam
Bulgarian: Виетна́м (bg) m ( Vietnám )
Burmese: ဗီယက်နမ် (my) ( biyaknam )
Catalan: Vietnam (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 越南 (yue) ( jyut6 naam4 )
Eastern Min: 越南 ( Uŏk-nàng )
Hakka: 越南 ( Ye̍t-nàm )
Hokkien: 越南 ( O̍at-lâm )
Mandarin: 越南 (zh) ( Yuènán )
Wu: 越南 ( 8 yuq-noe)
Czech: Vietnam (cs) m
Danish: Vietnam (da)
Dhivehi: ވިއެޓުނާމު (dv) ( vieṭunāmu )
Dutch: Vietnam (nl) n
Esperanto: Vjetnamio (eo) , Vjet-Namo , Vjetnamo
Estonian: Vietnam (et)
Farefare: Vietnam , Vietnaŋo
Faroese: Vjetnam n
Finnish: Vietnam (fi)
French: Viêt Nam (fr) m , Vietnam (fr) m , Viêtnam m
Gagauz: Vyetnam
Galician: Vietnam (gl)
Georgian: ვიეტნამი (ka) ( vieṭnami )
German: Vietnam (de) n
Greek: Βιετνάμ (el) n ( Vietnám )
Green Hmong: Viaj Naab , Nyaab Laaj ( dated ) , Xov Tshoj ( archaic )
Gujarati: વિએટનામ ( vieṭanām )
Hani: Yiqnaq
Hausa: Biyetinam
Hawaiian: Wiekanama
Hebrew: וייטנאם / וְיֶטְנָאם f ( vyetnam )
Hindi: वियतनाम (hi) m ( viyatnām )
Hungarian: Vietnám (hu)
Icelandic: Víetnam (is)
Indonesian: Vietnam (id)
Interlingua: Vietnam
Irish: Vítneam m
Italian: Vietnam (it) m
Japanese: ベトナム (ja) ( Betonamu ) , 越南 (ja) ( えつなん, Etsunan, ベトナム, Betonamu )
Jarai: čar Wiêt Nam
Kamba: Vietnam
Kannada: ವಿಯೆಟ್ನಾಮ್ (kn) ( viyeṭnām )
Kazakh: Вьетнам (kk) ( Vetnam )
Khmer: វៀតណាម (km) ( viət naam )
Korean: 베트남 (ko) ( Beteunam ) , 윁남 (ko) ( Wennam ) ( North Korea ) , 월남(越南) (ko) ( Wollam )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Viyetnam (ku)
Kyrgyz: Вьетнам ( Vyetnam )
Lao: ຫວຽດນາມ (lo) ( wīat nām ) , ວຽດນາມ ( wīat nām )
Latgalian: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: Vjetnama (lv) f
Lithuanian: Vietnamas (lt) m
Lü: ᦶᦂᧁ ( k̇aew )
Macedonian: Виетнам (mk) m ( Vietnam )
Malay: Vietnam (ms)
Malayalam: വിയറ്റ്നാം ( viyaṟṟnāṁ )
Maltese: il-Vjetnam
Maori: Whitināma
Maranao: Bit Nam
Marathi: व्हियेतनाम ( vhiyetnām )
Mingrelian: ვიეტნამი ( vieṭnami )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Вьетнам ( Vʹjetnam )
Mongolian: ᠸᠢᠶ᠋ᠧᠲ᠋ᠨ᠋ᠠᠮ ( wiyētnam )
Muong: Viêt Nam
Navajo: Biʼednam
Nepali: भियतनाम ( bhiyatanām )
Norman: Vietnam m , Vyitename m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Vietnam (no)
Nynorsk: Vietnam (nn)
Nuosu: ꒀꆆ ( Yop nap )
Occitan: Vietnam
Odia: ଭିଏତନାମ ( bhietônamô )
Okinawan: ベトナム ( Betonamu ) , 越南 ( いつなん, Itsunan ) , 安南 ( あんなん, Annan )
Ossetian: Вьетнам ( Vʹetnam )
Pashto: ويتنام m ( witnām )
Persian:
Classical Persian: وِیَتْنَام (fa) ( wiyatnām )
Iranian Persian: وِیَتْنام (fa) ( viyatnâm )
Picard: Vietnam m
Polish: Wietnam (pl) m inan
Portuguese:
Brazilian: Vietnã (pt) m
European: Vietname (pt) m
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
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Sindhi: ويٽنام
Sinhalese: වියට්නාමය ( wiyaṭnāmaya )
Slovak: Vietnam m
Slovene: Vietnam (sl) m
Spanish: Vietnam (es) m
Swahili: Vietinamu (sw) , Uvieti
Swedish: Vietnam (sv)
Tagalog: Byetnam , Biyetnam (tl)
Tai Dam: ꪫꪸ꫁ꪒꪙꪱꪣ
Tajik: Вйетнам ( Vyetnam ) , Виетном ( Viyetnom )
Tamil: வியட்நாம் ( viyaṭnām )
Tatar: Вьетнам ( W’yetnam )
Tausug: Bitnam
Telugu: వియత్నాం (te) ( viyatnāṁ )
Thai: เวียดนาม (th) ( wîiat-naam ) , ญวน (th) ( yuuan )
Tibetan: ཝི་ཏི་ནམ ( wi ti nam )
Turkish: Vietnam (tr)
Turkmen: Wýetnam
Ukrainian: В'єтна́м (uk) m ( Vʺjetnám )
Urdu: وِیَتْنام m ( viyatnām ) , وِیَت نام m ( viyat nām )
Uyghur: ۋيېتنام ( wyëtnam )
Uzbek: Vyetnam (uz)
Vietnamese: Việt Nam (vi) (越南 (vi) )
Welsh: Fietnam
West Frisian: Fjetnam
Western Panjabi: ویتنام , ویت نام
White Hmong: Viaj Naab , Nyab Laj ( dated ) , Xov Tshoj ( archaic )
Yiddish: וויעטנאַם n ( vyetnam )
Yoruba: Fẹtinami
Zhuang: Yeznanz , (please verify ) Yiednamz
Further reading
Noun
Vietnam (plural Vietnams )
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)
( 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.
( 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
Countries of the world
(countries of Asia ) country of Asia ; Afghanistan , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Bhutan , Brunei , Cambodia , China , Cyprus , East Timor , Georgia , India , Indonesia , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Japan , Jordan , Kazakhstan , Kuwait , Kyrgyzstan , Laos , Lebanon , Malaysia , Maldives , Mongolia , Myanmar , Nepal , North Korea , Oman , Pakistan , Palestine , Philippines , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Singapore , South Korea , Sri Lanka , Syria , Taiwan , Tajikistan , Thailand , Turkey , Turkmenistan , United Arab Emirates , Uzbekistan , Vietnam , Yemen
Srebrenica , Chernobyl
Asturian
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Proper noun
Vietnam m
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Related terms
Basque
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vietnam inan
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Declension
Declension of Vietnam (inanimate, ending in consonant)
Derived terms
See also
(countries of Asia ) Asiako herrialdeak ; Afganistan , Arabiar Emirerri Batuak , Armenia , Azerbaidjan , Bangladesh , Bahrain , Bhutan , Birmania , Brunei , Ekialdeko Timor , Errusia , Filipinak , Georgia , Hego Korea , India , Indonesia , Ipar Korea , Iran , Irak , Israel , Japonia , Jordania , Kanbodia , Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Kuwait , Laos , Libano , Malaysia , Maldivas , Mongolia , Nepal , Oman , Pakistan , Palestina , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Singapur , Siria , Sri Lanka , Tadjikistan , Taiwan , Thailandia , Turkia , Turkmenistan , Txina , Uzbekistan , Vietnam , Yemen , Zipre ,
Further reading
Catalan
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vietnam m
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Related terms
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Proper noun
Vietnam
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Central Nahuatl
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Proper noun
Vietnam
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vietnam m inan (related adjective vietnamský , demonym Vietnamec , female demonym Vietnamka )
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Declension
Declension of Vietnam (sg-only hard masculine inanimate )
Related terms
Further reading
Vietnam in Příruční slovník jazyka českého , 1935–1957
Vietnam in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého , 1960–1971, 1989
Vietnam in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Proper noun
Vietnam
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Related terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /fjɛtˈnɑm/
Hyphenation: Viet‧nam
Rhymes: -ɑm
Proper noun
Vietnam n
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vietnam
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Vietnamin sosialistinen tasavalta ― Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Declension
Derived terms
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vietnam m
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Derived terms
See also
(countries of Asia ) pays d’Asie ; Afghanistan , Arabie saoudite , Arménie , Azerbaïdjan , Bahreïn , Bangladesh , Bhoutan , Birmanie , Brunei , Cambodge , Chine , Chypre , Corée du Nord , Corée du Sud , Émirats arabes unis , Géorgie , Inde , Indonésie , Iran , Irak , Israël , Japon , Jordanie , Kazakhstan , Kirghizistan , Koweït , Laos , Liban , Malaisie , Maldives , Mongolie , Népal , Oman , Ouzbékistan , Pakistan , Palestine , Philippines , Qatar , Russie , Singapour , Sri Lanka , Syrie , Tadjikistan , Thaïlande , Timor oriental , Turquie , Turkménistan , Vietnam , Yémen (Category: fr:Countries in Asia )
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Proper noun
Vietnam m
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Related terms
German
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vietnam n (proper noun , genitive Vietnams or ( optionally with an article ) Vietnam , plural Vietnam )
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
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. (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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 . (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
The plural Vietnam refers to North Vietnam (German: Nordvietnam) and South Vietnam (German: Südvietnam).
Declension
Declension of Vietnam
1 Optionally with an article.
Derived terms
Hungarian
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: Vi‧et‧nam
Proper noun
Vietnam
Superseded spelling of Vietnám .
Declension
Derived terms
References
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈvjɛt.nam/ , ( traditional ) /vjetˈnam/
Rhymes: -ɛtnam , ( traditional ) -am
Hyphenation: Vièt‧nam , ( traditional ) Viet‧nàm
Proper noun
Vietnam m
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Proper noun
Vietnam
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Proper noun
Vietnam
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Related terms
Scots
Etymology
From English Vietnam , from Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Proper noun
Vietnam
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Slovak
Etymology
Ultimately from Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vietnam m inan (genitive singular Vietnamu , declension pattern of dub )
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Declension
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /bjedˈnam/
Rhymes: -am
Syllabification: Viet‧nam
Proper noun
Vietnam m
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vietnam n (genitive Vietnams )
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Anagrams
Turkish
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vietnam
Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia )
Declension
Derived terms
See also
(countries of Asia ) Asya ülkesi ; Afganistan , Azerbaycan , Bahreyn , Bangladeş , Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri , Bruney , Butan , Çin , Doğu Timor , Endonezya , Ermenistan , Filistin , Filipinler , Güney Kore , Gürcistan , Hindistan , Irak , İran , İsrail , Japonya , Kamboçya , Katar , Kazakistan , Kıbrıs , Kuveyt , Kuzey Kore , Kırgızistan , Laos , Lübnan , Maldivler , Malezya , Mısır , Moğolistan , Myanmar , Nepal , Özbekistan , Pakistan , Rusya , Singapur , Sri Lanka , Suriye , Suudi Arabistan , Tacikistan , Tayland , Tayvan , Türkiye , Türkmenistan , Umman , Ürdün , Vietnam , Yemen