Vietcong
See also: vietcong
English
Alternative forms
- Viet Cong, VC
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Việt Cộng, short for Việt Nam cộng sản (“Vietnam(ese) communist(s)”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌviː.ɛt.ˈkɒŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌvi.ɛt.ˈkɑŋ/
Proper noun
Vietcong
- A communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States, South Korea, Australia, and the South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War and was supported by communist North Vietnam.
- Coordinate terms: NVA, ARVN
Related terms
- Republic of South Vietnam
Translations
a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia
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Noun
Vietcong (plural Vietcongs or Vietcong)
- A member of this organization.
- 2010, Mondale, Walter; David Hage, The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics, Scribner, →ISBN, OCLC 555638158, page 78:
- Then I went to Cam Ranh Bay, a huge base, and received the same official briefing, upbeat and hopeful. Afterward, I asked the briefing officer if he thought any Vietcong were working on the base itself. He said yes. I asked how many, and he said, “We figure twenty to thirty percent of our employees are Vietcong.”
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Translations
a member of the Vietcong guerilla
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Anagrams
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