Republic of South Vietnam

English

Proper noun

Republic of South Vietnam

2. (history) An underground government that opposed the South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War and became its provisional government for a year after the war.
3. (nonstandard) South Vietnam.

Usage notes

Do not confuse with Republic of Vietnam, which refers to South Vietnam until the end of the war.

Synonyms

• Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam

Translations

underground government in South Vietnam

• Finnish: Etelä-Vietnamin tasavalta
• French: république du Sud Viêt Nam
• German: Republik Südvietnam f
• Romanian: Republica Vietnamului de Sud f
• Spanish: República de Vietnam del Sur f
• Vietnamese: Cộng hòa miền Nam Việt Nam