Where does “Vietnam” come from?
Vietnam is the English name for the Southeast Asian country, derived from Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Vietnam (English): A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of...
Definitions
- A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of...
Ancestry of “Vietnam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Việt Nam | Vietnamese |
| 2 | Vietnamese | Nam Việt | — |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 南 | — |
Words derived from “Vietnam”