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vietnamize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
viet-namize
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make more Vietnamese.

verb

Especially, to reduce US involvement in the Vietnam War by replacing American troops with Vietnamese troops.

Etymology

From Vietnam + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Vietnamizes (present, singular) Vietnamizing (participle, present) Vietnamized (participle, past) Vietnamized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

Vietnamization

Questions

What does vietnamize mean?
To make more Vietnamese.
Where does vietnamize come from?
From Vietnam + -ize.

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