English noun: North Vietnam | |||
1. | North Vietnam (location) a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War | ||
Instance hypernym | Asian country, Asian nation | ||
Part meronym | Annam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Vietnam | ||