Words starting with vietnamw
Maybe these words will be useful:
- vietnam — Official name Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin-China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War but now reunified. 126,104 sq. mi. (326,609 sq. km). Capital: Hanoi. Compare North Vietnam, South Vietnam.
- vietnam war — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam.
- vietnamese — a native or inhabitant of Vietnam.
- vietnamization — a U.S. policy during the Vietnam War of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops.
- vietnamize — to place under Vietnamese control or responsibility; subject to Vietnamization.
- viet — South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- viet cong — a Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.
- viet minh — a Vietnamese, Communist-led organization whose forces fought against the Japanese and especially against the French in Indochina: officially in existence 1941–51.
- vietcong — a Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.