noun
a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945
• Syn: ↑Vietnam, ↑Socialist Republic of Vietnam, ↑Viet Nam
• Members of this Region: ↑Dien Bien Phu, ↑Vietnam War, ↑Vietnam
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Asian country, ↑Asian nation
• Member Holonyms: ↑Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ↑ASEAN
• Part Holonyms: ↑Indochina, ↑Indochinese peninsula
• Member Meronyms: ↑Vietnamese, ↑Annamese
• Part Meronyms:
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/euh nam"/, n.
a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
Also, Anam.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.