south vietnam
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A former state in Southeast Asia that governed Vietnam south of the 17th parallel from 1955 to 1975. Official name: Republic of Vietnam.
Example Sentences
- "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."