how to pronounce vietnam

/viːˌɛtˈnɑːm/

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vietnam is pronounced in three syllables

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iː

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ɑː

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An example use of vietnam in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… memorials like the Vietnam Veterans …”

meanings of vietnam

name:

The Vietnam War.
A country in Southeast Asia, on the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula, officially named Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

noun:

A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.
A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of a place (the site of the war) cannot win.

vietnam frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word vietnam occurs in english on average 13 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.