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

1. 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

• Arabic: فيت كونغ
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 越共 (zh) (Yuègòng)

• German: Nationale Front für die Befreiung Südvietnams f
• Greek: Βιετκόνγκ (Vietkóngk)
• Japanese: ベトコン (Betokon)
• Khmer: វៀតកុង (km) (viet koŋ)
• Korean: 베트콩 (Beteukong)
• Lao: ຫວຽດກົງ (wīat kong)
• Russian: Вьетко́нг m (Vʹjetkóng)
• Thai: เวียดกง (wîat gong)
• Vietnamese: Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng miền Nam Việt Nam (Vietnam), MTDTGPMNVN (Vietnam), Việt Cộng (Overseas Vietnamese)

Noun

Vietcong (plural Vietcongs or Vietcong)

1. A member of this organization.
   • 2010, Walter Mondale, David Hage, The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics‎^[1], Scribner, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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.”

Translations

a member of the Vietcong guerilla

• Portuguese: vietcongue (pt) m or f, vietcong m or f, viet cong m or f

Anagrams

• coveting