Dictionary

Vietcong en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌviː.ɛtˈkɒŋ/ (UK)
• /ˌvi.ɛtˈkɑŋ/ (US)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Việt Cộng, short for Việt Nam cộng sản (“Vietnamese communist”). First attested in English in 1957.

Meanings

1. A member of this organization.
   • Then I went to Cam Ranh Bay, a huge base, and received the same official briefing, upbeat and hopeful. Afterward, I asked the briefing officer if he thought any Vietcong were working on the base itself. He said yes. I asked how many, and he said, “We figure twenty to thirty percent of our employees are Vietcong.” 2010, Walter Mondale, David Hage, The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics, Scribner, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 78:

Forms

Translations (3)

pt vietcong (a member of the Vietcong guerrilla) · pt viet cong (a member of the Vietcong guerrilla) · pt vietcongue (a member of the Vietcong guerrilla)

Vietcong en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌviː.ɛtˈkɒŋ/ (UK)
• /ˌvi.ɛtˈkɑŋ/ (US)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Việt Cộng, short for Việt Nam cộng sản (“Vietnamese communist”). First attested in English in 1957.

Meanings

1. A communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that waged an insurgency against the South Vietnamese government, the United States, South Korea, and Australia during the Vietnam War. It was ultimately directed by communist North Vietnam, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and formally organized as the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam in 1960.

Forms

Coordinates

NVA · ARVN

Relateds

Republic of South Vietnam

Translations (11)

ja ベトコン (a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia) · vi Việt Cộng (a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia) · lo ຫວຽດກົງ (a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia) · km វៀតកុង (a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia) · th เวียดกง (a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia) · ar فيت كونغ (a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia) · ru Вьетко́нг (a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia) · ko 베트콩 (a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia) · vi MTDTGPMNVN (a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia) · cmn 越共 (a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia) · el Βιετκόνγκ (a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia)