Nguyen Tat Thanh

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The birth name of Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese leader who fought for independence

proper noun

: Nguyen Tat Thanh

Few people realize that Nguyen Tat Thanh was the original name of Ho Chi Minh.

Examples

The early activism of Nguyen Tat Thanh laid the foundation for Vietnam's struggle for independence.
In history class, we learned how Nguyen Tat Thanh played a vital role in shaping modern Vietnam.
His real name was Nguyen Tat Thanh.
Many people know him as Nguyen Tat Thanh.
Few people realize that Nguyen Tat Thanh was the original name of Ho Chi Minh.
In history class, we learned how Nguyen Tat Thanh played a vital role in shaping modern Vietnam.
The early activism of Nguyen Tat Thanh laid the foundation for Vietnam's struggle for independence.

Synonyms

Ho Chi Minh

vsNguyen Tat Thanh

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A Vietnamese communist leader who led the fight for Vietnam's independence and was president of North Vietnam

is the person's original birth name rather than the public name

Surface Forms

Nguyen Tat Thanh main

Morphology

Nguyen + Tat + Thanh

This item is a personal name (Ho Chi Minh's birth name) rather than a compositional phrase; knowing the separate name segments does not allow a learner to infer that it refers to the Vietnamese leader. Proper names are referential and culture-specific, so their meaning (identity) must be learned rather than derived from constituent words.

Etymology

Nguyen Tat Thanh was the birth name of the Vietnamese leader who later took the name 'Ho Chi Minh'. This name points to his early life and first work as an activist, so people use it when they talk about his youth.