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Vietnam

Noun CEFR B1
(ˈ)viːətˈnɑːm

Definitions

  1. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Capital: Hanoi.
  2. A long and protracted war or conflict in which the dominating foreign occupier is unable to secure a victory.
  3. The Vietnam War.
  4. A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.
    US, slang
  5. A situation in which one cannot win.

Equivalents

Españolvietnam
DeutschVietnam
63 more languages
AfrikaansViëtnam
አማርኛቬት ናም
العربيةفيتنام
Azərbaycan diliVyetnam
БеларускаяВ'етнам
БългарскиВиетнам
བོད་སྐད།ཝི་ཏི་ནམ
CatalàVietnam
ČeštinaVietnam
CymraegFietnam
DanskVietnam
ΕλληνικάΒιετνάμ
فارسیویتنام
SuomiVietnam
GaeilgeVítneam
GalegoVietnam
ʻŌlelo HawaiʻiWiekanama
עבריתוייטנאם
हिन्दीवियतनाम
MagyarVietnam
ՀայերենՎիետնամ
Bahasa IndonesiaVietnam
ÍslenskaVíetnam
ItalianoVietnam
ქართულივიეტნამი
Қазақ тіліВьетнам
ភាសាខ្មែរវៀតណាម
LatinaVietnamia
LietuviųVietnamas
LatviešuVjetnama
МакедонскиВиетнам
МонголВьетнам
Bahasa MelayuVietnam
မြန်မာဗီယက်နမ်
NederlandsVietnam
PolskiWietnam
РусскийВьетнам
SlovenčinaVietnam
SlovenščinaVietnam
ShqipVietnam
SvenskaVietnam
KiswahiliVietnam
తెలుగువియత్నాం
TürkmençeWýetnam
TürkçeVietnam
УкраїнськаВ'єтнам
اردوویتنام
中文越南
繁體中文越南

Examples

But as in the case of Japan, the results of self-dealing corruption largely remain in the country rather than escaping to Swiss bank accounts as often happened with the style of 1950s era corruption seen in Vietnam or the Philippines.”
David Rabe's anti-Viet Nam play Streamers
another Vietnam
the Soviet Union's Vietnam (the 1979–89 occupation of Afghanistan)”
“France's Vietnam (the Algerian War or First Indochina War)”
Welcome back to Vietnam, California.”
Vietnam, California, back in and on a mission.”
Everyone was miserable, including Coppola. "It was my Vietnam," he moaned a few months later.”
Judy is the great deceiver / Judy is your Viet Nam

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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