Vietnam

== English == === Alternative forms === Viet-Nam, Viet Nam === Etymology === Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam. Extended senses come from the Vietnam War. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌviːətˈnɑːm/, /ˌviːətˈnæm/, /ˌvjɛtˈnɑːm/, /ˌvjɛtˈnæm/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˌvɪjətˈnɑːm/, /ˌvɪjətˈnam/, /ˌvjɛtˈnɑːm/, /ˌvjɛtˈnam/ (General American) IPA(key): /viˌɛtˈnɑm/, /viˌɪt/, /ˌvi.ɪt-/, /ˌvi.ət-/, /(ˈ)vjɛt-/, /-ˈnæm/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌvi.ətˈnam/, /ˌvjɛtˈnam/ (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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Burmese: ဗီယက်နမ် (biyaknam) → Japanese: ベトナム (Betonamu) → Okinawan: ベトナム (Betonamu) ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Category:Vietnam on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Vietnam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Vietnam on Wikiquote.Wikiquote Vietnam on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage “Vietnam”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “Vietnam”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. === Noun === Vietnam (plural Vietnams) A long and protracted war or conflict in which the dominating foreign occupier is unable to secure a victory. 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. (US, slang, by extension) A situation in which one cannot win. === See also === Countries of the world Srebrenica, Chernobyl == Albanian == === Proper noun === Vietnam m (definite Vietnami) Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Declension ==== == Asturian == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Proper noun === Vietnam m Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Related terms ==== vietnamita == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bietnam/ [bi.et̪.nãm] Rhymes: -etnam, -am Hyphenation: Vi‧et‧nam === Proper noun === Vietnam inan Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === Vietnam on the Basque Wikipedia.Wikipedia eu == Catalan == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [bi.ədˈnam] IPA(key): (Balearic) [vi.ədˈnam] IPA(key): (Valencia) [vi.edˈnam] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [bi.edˈnam] === Proper noun === Vietnam m Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Related terms ==== vietnamita == 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) == Cornish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vi.ɛtˈnam/ === Proper noun === Vietnam Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvjɛtnam] === Proper noun === Vietnam m inan (relational adjective vietnamský, demonym Vietnamec, female demonym Vietnamka) Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Vietnam”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “Vietnam”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “Vietnam”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Proper noun === Vietnam Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Related terms ==== vietnameser vietnamesisk == Dutch == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vjɛtˈnɑm/ Hyphenation: Viet‧nam Rhymes: -ɑm === Proper noun === Vietnam n Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Derived terms ==== Vietnamees == Finnish == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋie̯tnɑm/, [ˈʋie̞̯t̪n̪ɑ̝m] Rhymes: -ietnɑm Syllabification(key): Viet‧nam Hyphenation(key): Viet‧nam === Proper noun === Vietnam Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) Vietnamin sosialistinen tasavalta ― Socialist Republic of Vietnam ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Alternative forms === Viêt Nam Viet Nam (rare or obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vjɛt.nam/ === Proper noun === Vietnam m Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Derived terms ==== vietnamien ==== See also ==== == Galician == === Alternative forms === Vietname, Vietnão (reintegrationist) === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Proper noun === Vietnam m Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Related terms ==== vietnamita == German == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vi̯ɛtˈnam/, /-ˈnaːm/, [vjɛt-], [vi.ɛt-], [ʋ-] IPA(key): /virtˈnam/, [viɐ̯tˈnam] (colloquial variant; compare Serviette) Rhymes: -am, -aːm === Proper noun === Vietnam n (proper noun, genitive Vietnams or (optionally with an article) Vietnam, plural Vietnam) Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia; official name: Sozialistische Republik Vietnam) ==== Usage notes ==== The plural Vietnam refers to North Vietnam (German: Nordvietnam) and South Vietnam (German: Südvietnam). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Vietnam” in Duden online “Vietnam” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon == Hungarian == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvijɛtnaːm] Hyphenation: Vi‧et‧nam === Proper noun === Vietnam superseded spelling of Vietnám ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /viˈɛtnam/ [fiˈɛt̪̚.nam] Rhymes: -ɛtnam Syllabification: Vi‧et‧nam === Proper noun === Vietnam Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) === Noun === Vietnam (plural Vietnam-Vietnam) Vietnamese === Adjective === Vietnam (comparative lebih Vietnam, superlative paling Vietnam) Vietnamese === See also === == 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 ==== vietnamita === References === === Anagrams === mentiva == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Proper noun === Vietnam Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Related terms ==== vietnameser vietnamesisk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Proper noun === Vietnam Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Related terms ==== vietnamesar vietnamesisk == 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 === IPA(key): /vɪ̯etnam/, [ˈʋɪ̯etnam] Rhymes: -ɪ̯etnam Hyphenation: Viet‧nam === Proper noun === Vietnam m inan (relational adjective vietnamský, demonym Vietnamec, female demonym Vietnamka) Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “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 == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋìːɛtnam/ === Proper noun === Víetnam m inan (relational adjective víetnamski, demonym Víetnamec, female demonym Víetnamka) Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “Vietnam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “Vietnam”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references == Spanish == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bjedˈnam/ [bjeð̞ˈnãm] Rhymes: -am Syllabification: Viet‧nam === Proper noun === Vietnam m Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Related terms ==== == Swahili == === Proper noun === Vietnam Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) == Swedish == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Vietnam n (genitive Vietnams) Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Related terms ==== vietnames vietnamesisk vietnamesiska ==== See also ==== === References === “Vietnam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH === Anagrams === vitmena == Turkish == === Etymology === From Vietnamese Việt Nam. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Vietnam Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Vietnamlı Vietnamca === See also ===