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| ao dai |
(Vietnamese) the costume traditionally worn by women in Vietnam, having loose-fitting trousers and a long tunic. |
| Austroasiatic |
a language family of Southeast Asia that includes Vietnamese and Khmer. |
| Gulf of Tonkin |
a shallow arm of the South China Sea lying between Vietnam and China, purportedly the site of North Vietnamese attacks on US ships that precipitated the United States' entry into the Vietnam War in 1964. |
| Ho Chi Minh |
a Vietnamese political leader and president of North Vietnam in 1954-69 (b.1890--d.1969). |
| Kampuchea |
the official name of Cambodia during a period of Vietnamese rule in the 197s and 1980s. |
| Tet |
the festival of the lunar New Year, celebrated by the Vietnamese. |
| VC |
abbreviation of "Vietcong," a nationalistic, communist guerrilla force in Vietnam that fought to overthrow the South Vietnamese government with the help and support of North Vietnam during 1954-75. |
| Vietcong |
a nationalistic, communist guerrilla force in Vietnam that fought to overthrow the South Vietnamese government with the help and support of North Vietnam during 1954-75. [1/2 definitions] |
| Vietminh |
a Vietnamese organization, formed in 1941 by a coalition of nationalists and communists, that sought independence from domination by the Japanese and the French. [1/2 definitions] |
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