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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945;
[syn: Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Annam]

2. a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States;
[syn: Vietnam War, Vietnam]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Vietnam n 1: a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945 [syn: Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Annam] 2: a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States [syn: Vietnam War, Vietnam]