viet nam

Questions about viet nam

What does viet nam mean?

viet nam means "a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945".

What is another word for viet nam?

Close synonyms include Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Annam. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is viet nam a common word?

viet nam is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.