Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Vietnam or its people, language, or culture.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Vietnam.
- noun A person of Vietnamese ancestry.
- noun The language of the largest ethnic group in Vietnam and the official language of the nation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
Vietnam . - noun Inhabitant of Vietnam, person of Vietnamese descent.
- noun Plural form of
Vietnamese . - proper noun A language spoken predominantly in Vietnam.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Vietnam
- noun the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Vietnam or its people or its language
Etymologies
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Examples
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I'm afraid my ability to yell profanities in Vietnamese is still a little nonexistent.
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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I'm afraid my ability to yell profanities in Vietnamese is still a little nonexistent.
First Night in Hanoi 2006
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Happytown is also what we call the Vietnamese area of Orlando.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed concern on Thursday about what she called the Vietnamese government's intolerance of dissent, as she started a two-day visit to mark 15 years of normalized relations between
NYT > Home Page 2010
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HANOI, Vietnam | Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed concern on Thursday about what she called the Vietnamese government's intolerance of dissent as she started a two-day visit to mark 15 years of normalized relations between Vietnam and the United
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It said on its website that the fishermen were fishing in Vietnamese waters and that their detention violated Vietnam's sovereignty.
China, U.S. Defense Officials to Meet Jeremy Page 2010
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But Mr. Tran seized on the comments, using them in Vietnamese-language campaign literature criticizing Ms. Sanchez.
New Voting Force Rises Tamara Audi 2010
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She has ads up in Vietnamese, Korean, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
The Race to Save California Peter Robinson 2010
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The fact is Eisenhower/Nixon sent advisors to train Vietnamese troops.
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I'm also the guy who practiced two sentences in Vietnamese for weeks before my wedding (to use in the thank yous at the reception) and only got about 60 per cent of it right.
Liveblogging (sorta) the Oscars - Go ahead, read the whole thing, I dare you Tyler 2009
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