Vietnamese

[ vee-et-nah-meez, -mees, -nuh-, vyet-, vee-it- ]

/ viˌɛt nɑˈmiz, -ˈmis, -nə-, ˌvyɛt-, ˌvi ɪt- /

a native or inhabitant of Vietnam.

Formerly Annamese, Annamite. the language of Vietnam, of uncertain linguistic affiliation.

of or relating to Vietnam or its inhabitants.

Origin of Vietnamese

First recorded in 1945–50; Vietnam + -ese

pro-Vi·et·nam·ese, adjective, noun, plural pro·-Vi·et·nam·ese.

In Vietnam, Lewis was advisor to a Vietnamese infantry unit, whose nickname for him was “Captain of Many Kilos.”

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Wahlberg fled from the scene and approached a bystander, Hoa Trinh, also Vietnamese.

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He had learned Vietnamese while performing alternative military service in the Mekong Delta.

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“People knew my mom was Vietnamese [so] we could have been stopped,” she says.

Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus |Katie Baker |April 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

As a grunt, he lectured a high-ranking officer in protest of Marines who attacked a Vietnamese child.

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There's a native restaurant there, run by a former Vietnamese.

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For 20 days now we and our Vietnamese allies have dropped no bombs in North Vietnam.

Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 |Various
The Vietnamese food was really good, and the family who ran the restaurant greeted Kurt like an old friend.

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town |Cory Doctorow

Vietnamese

/ (ˌvjɛtnəˈmiːz) /

of, relating to, or characteristic of Vietnam, its people, or their language

plural -ese a native or inhabitant of Vietnam

the language of Vietnam, probably related to the Mon-Khmer languages