Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vietnam

2 senses of vietnam

Sense 1
Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Annam -- (a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945)
       INSTANCE OF=> Asian country, Asian nation -- (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)

Sense 2
Vietnam War, Vietnam -- (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)
       INSTANCE OF=> war, warfare -- (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war")