Vietnam
- proper noun
- /viˈɛtˌnæm/
- Vietnam is located on the eastern coast of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
- Vietnam and China
- Vietnam and Thailand
- Vietnam and Cambodia
I was born in Vietnam, but made in America.
- I was born in Vietnam, but made in America.
- So when I went to Vietnam, I wanted the best teachers.
- But the the actual activists in dissidents in Vietnam are incredibly courageous.
- What were you doing in between Vietnam and your Afghanistan?
- OK, So Taylor's now in charge of Vietnam, all right.
- I'm going to go with Vietnam, Vietnam, China.
- That goes all the way back to Vietnam, the mountain yards.
- The next morning I went to Vietnam to find out.
- Vietnam doesn't look like that, but Vietnam doesn't not look like that either.
- But when I had to go to Vietnam to fly, the risk went up.
- And he did mention Korea and Vietnam and that's all.
Examples
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But how many of you can tell me where Vietnam is on the Asian map?
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We manufacture in three countries, Vietnam, China and Sri Lanka.
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I was born in Vietnam, but made in America.
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We went into Vietnam under a lie.
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The next morning I went to Vietnam to find out.
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Van say a little bit about when you came from Vietnam to the United States.
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So when I went to Vietnam, I wanted the best teachers.
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The war is over and all of Vietnam is under communist control.
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She's from Vietnam, first of all.
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In Vietnam, he flew more helicopter rescue missions than any other man in my command.
Synonyms
Official name of Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
A country in Southeast Asia that lies along the South China Sea
Compounds
A long war in Vietnam between communist North Vietnam supported by China and South Vietnam supported by the United States
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vietnam comes from two parts, Việt and Nam, where Việt refers to the Viet people and Nam means 'south'. So the name means the 'southern land of the Viet', which is why it is the country's name.