Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Vietnamese leader and first president of North Vietnam (1954–1969). His army was victorious in the French Indochina War (1946–1954), and he later led North Vietnam's struggle to defeat the US-supported government in South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh died before the reunification of Vietnam (1976).
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- proper noun The biggest city of
Viet Nam , formerly known asSaigon . Also called "Ho Chi Minh City ".
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969)
Etymologies
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Nguyen Ai Quoc, now going under the name Ho Chi Minh, "He Who Enlightens", retreats to a cave in the mountains of Cao Bang Province.
Archive 2009-10-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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Nguyen Ai Quoc, now going under the name Ho Chi Minh, "He Who Enlightens", retreats to a cave in the mountains of Cao Bang Province.
DBTL 37A: Indochina 1937 - 1947 Johnny Pez 2009
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Opposing the war in Vietnam, he called Ho Chi Minh a very human man and a leader who wanted a democratic state, not a Communist one.
Daimnation!: "Pas d'ennemis à gauche": The great failure of I.F. Stone 2006
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He took on the name Ho Chi Minh, for which he had he identity card of a Chinese reporter, in
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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He took on the name Ho Chi Minh, for which he had he identity card of a Chinese reporter, in
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[49] He returned to China in August 1942, taking the name Ho Chi Minh, but was arrested by the Chinese.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[44] He returned to China in August 1942, taking the name Ho Chi Minh, but was arrested by the Chinese.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[50] He returned to China in August 1942, taking the name Ho Chi Minh, but was arrested by the Chinese.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[50] He returned to China in August 1942, taking the name Ho Chi Minh, but was arrested by the Chinese.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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He took on the name Ho Chi Minh, for which he had he identity card of a Chinese reporter, in
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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