South Vietnam

English

Alternative forms

• South Viet Nam, South Viet-Nam

Proper noun

South Vietnam

2. (historical) A state, officially the Republic of Vietnam, that governed southern Vietnam in 1955–1975.
   • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, quoting John F. Kennedy, The Vantage Point‎^[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 61:

     China is so large, looms so high just beyond the frontiers, that if South Vietnam went, it would not only give them an improved geographic position for the guerrilla assault on Malaya but would also give the impression that the wave of the future in Southeast Asia was China and the Communists. So I believe it.

Synonyms

• Republic of Vietnam
• Republic of Viet-Nam
• Republic of Viet Nam
• RVN
• SV

 

Related terms

• Nam Việt
• North Vietnam
• south
• South Vietnamese
• Viet Nam
• Vietnam
• Viet-Nam

 

Translations

former Asian country

• Albanian: Vietnam i Jugut m, Vietnami i Jugut m (definite)
• Arabic: فِيِتْنَام الْجَنُوبِيَّة f (fiyitnām al-janūbiyya) (definite), فْيِتْنَام الْجَنُوبِيَّة f (fyitnām al-janūbiyya) (definite)
• Armenian: Հարավային Վիետնամ (Haravayin Vietnam)
• Azerbaijani: Cənubi Vyetnam
• Belarusian: Паўднёвы В'етна́м m (Paŭdnjóvy Vʺjetnám)
• Bengali: দক্ষিণ ভিয়েতনাম (dokkhin bhiẏetonam)
• Bulgarian: Ю́жен Виетна́м m (Júžen Vietnám)
• Burmese: တောင်ဗီယက်နမ် (taungbiyaknam)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 南越 (naam⁴ jyut⁶)

  Mandarin: 南越 (zh) (Nányuè)

• Czech: Jižní Vietnam m
• Danish: Sydvietnam n
• Dutch: Zuid-Vietnam n
• Estonian: Lõuna-Vietnam
• Finnish: Etelä-Vietnam
• French: Viêt Nam du Sud m, Sud-Viêt Nam m
• Georgian: სამხრეთი ვიეტნამი (samxreti vieṭnami)
• German: Südvietnam (de) n
• Hindi: दक्षिणी वियतनाम m (dakṣiṇī viyatnām)
• Hungarian: Dél-Vietnam
• Indonesian: Vietnam Selatan
• Italian: Vietnam del Sud m
• Japanese: 南ベトナム (ja) (みなみベトナム, Minami Betonamu)
• Khmer: វៀតណាមខាងត្បូង (viət naam khaang tboung)
• Korean: 남베트남 (Nambeteunam)
• Lao: ຫວຽດນາມໃຕ້ (wīat nām tai)
• Latvian: Dienvidvjetnama f
• Lithuanian: Pietų Vietnamas m
• Macedonian: Јужен Виетнам m (Južen Vietnam)
• Malay: Vietnam Selatan
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Өмнөд Вьетнам (Ömnöd Vʹjetnam)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sør-Vietnam n

• Persian:

  Dari: وِیَتْنَامِ جَنُوبِی (wiyatnām-i janūbī)

  Iranian Persian: وِیَتْنامِ جُنوبی (viyatnâm-e jonubi)

• Polish: Wietnam Południowy m
• Portuguese: Vietname do Sul m (European), Vietnã do Sul m (Brazilian)
• Romanian: Vietnamul de Sud n (definite)
• Russian: Ю́жный Вьетна́м (ru) m (Júžnyj Vʹjetnám)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ју̑жнӣ Вијѐтнам m

  Roman: Jȗžnī Vijètnam (sh) m

• Slovak: Južný Vietnam m
• Slovene: Južni Vietnam m
• Spanish: Vietnam del Sur m
• Swedish: Sydvietnam n
• Thai: เวียดนามใต้ (wîiat-naam-dtâai)
• Turkish: Güney Vietnam
• Ukrainian: Півде́нний В'єтна́м m (Pivdénnyj Vʺjetnám)
• Urdu: جُنُوبی وِیَت نام m (junūbī viyat nām), جُنُوبی وِیَتْنَام m (junūbī viyatnām), جَنُوبی وِیَت نام m (janūbī viyat nām), جَنُوبی وِیَتْنَام m (janūbī viyatnām)
• Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hoà (vi), miền Nam Việt Nam, miền Nam, Nam Việt

See also

• North Vietnam