Meanings
- historicalThe war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975 between South Vietnam (backed by the United States and SEATO) and North Vietnam aiding the South Vietnamese communist guerrilla army known as the Vietcong (supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union) for the total communist control of Vietnam as one state.
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The country’s first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.
2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York TimesSynonyms: Second Indochina War
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975 between South Vietnam (backed by the United States and SEATO) and North Vietnam aiding the South Vietnamese communist guerrilla army known as the Vietcong (supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union) for the total communist control of Vietnam as one state.
Translations
Bengali ভিয়েতনাম যুদ্ধ
- ভিয়েতনাম যুদ্ধ (bhiẏetonam juddho)war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Catalan guerra del Vietnam
- guerra del Vietnamwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Chinese Mandarin 越南戰爭 /越南战争, 越戰 /越战
- 越南戰爭 /越南战争 (Yuènán Zhànzhēng)war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
- 越戰 /越战 (Yuèzhàn)war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Danish Vietnamkrigen
- Vietnamkrigenwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Dutch Vietnamoorlog
- Vietnamoorlogwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Finnish Vietnamin sota
- Vietnamin sotawar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
French guerre du Vietnam
- guerre du Vietnamwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
German Vietnamkrieg
- Vietnamkriegwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Hindi वियतनाम युद्ध
- वियतनाम युद्ध (viyatnām yuddh)war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Hungarian vietnami háború
- vietnami háborúwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Icelandic Víetnamstríðið
- Víetnamstríðiðwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Indonesian Perang Vietnam
- Perang Vietnamwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Italian guerra del Vietnam
- guerra del Vietnamwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Japanese ベトナム戦争
- ベトナム戦争 (Betonamu Sensō)war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Korean 베트남 전쟁
- 베트남 전쟁 (beteunam jeonjaeng)war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Polish wojna wietnamska
- wojna wietnamskawar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Portuguese guerra do Vietnã, guerra do Vietname
- guerra do Vietnãwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
- guerra do Vietnamewar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Russian война́ во Вьетна́ме
- война́ во Вьетна́ме (vojná vo Vʹjetnáme)war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Slovak Vietnamská vojna
- Vietnamská vojnawar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Spanish guerra de Vietnam
- guerra de Vietnamwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Swedish Vietnamkriget
- Vietnamkrigetwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Thai สงครามเวียดนาม
- สงครามเวียดนามwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Vietnamese chiến tranh Việt Nam, cuộc chiến Việt Nam
- chiến tranh Việt Namwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
- cuộc chiến Việt Namwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
- kháng chiến chống cộng sảnwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
- cuộc chiến bảo vệ tự dowar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
- chiến tranh chống Mĩwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
- kháng chiến chống Mĩwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
- chiến tranh Đông Dương lần thứ haiwar that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975
Cite this entry
Vietnam War. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vietnam%20War
“Vietnam War.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vietnam%20War. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vietnam War,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vietnam%20War.
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