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viet minh

/ˌvi.ɛt ˈmɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
vi-et minh
IPA
/ˌvi.ɛt ˈmɪn/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Vietnamese Communist independence and nationalist movement led by Hồ Chí Minh in 1941 organized to wage a guerrilla war against the invading Imperial Japanese forces and later the French in an effort to drive colonialist powers out of Indochina.

Etymology

From Vietnamese Việt Minh, shorted form of Việt-Nam Độc-Lập Đông-Minh (Vietnam Independence League).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌvi.ɛt ˈmɪn/
  • British English: /ˌviː.ɛt ˈmɪn/

Frequently Paired Words

Vietcong

Questions

How do you pronounce viet minh?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌvi.ɛt ˈmɪn/.
What does viet minh mean?
A Vietnamese Communist independence and nationalist movement led by Hồ Chí Minh in 1941 organized to wage a guerrilla war against the invading Imperial Japanese forces and later the French in an effort to drive colonialist powers out of Indochina.
Where does viet minh come from?
From Vietnamese Việt Minh, shorted form of Việt-Nam Độc-Lập Đông-Minh (Vietnam Independence League).

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