South Vietnam

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South Viet Nam, South Viet-Nam

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South Vietnam

(historical) A former country in Southeast Asia that governed southern Vietnam from 1955 to 1975. Official name: Republic of Vietnam.
- 1971, Lyndon Johnson, quoting John F. Kennedy, The Vantage Point‎^[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 61:
  China is so large, looms so high just beyond the frontiers, that if South Vietnam went, it would not only give them an improved geographic position for the guerrilla assault on Malaya but would also give the impression that the wave of the future in Southeast Asia was China and the Communists. So I believe it.

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former Asian country

Albanian: Vietnam i Jugut m, Vietnami i Jugut m (definite)
Arabic: فِيِتْنَام الْجَنُوبِيَّة f (fiyitnām al-janūbiyya) (definite), فْيِتْنَام الْجَنُوبِيَّة f (fyitnām al-janūbiyya) (definite)
Armenian: Հարավային Վիետնամ (Haravayin Vietnam)
Azerbaijani: Cənubi Vyetnam
Belarusian: Паўднёвы В'етна́м m (Paŭdnjóvy Vʺjetnám)
Bengali: দক্ষিণ ভিয়েতনাম (dokkhin bhiẏetonam)
Bulgarian: Ю́жен Виетна́м m (Júžen Vietnám)
Burmese: တောင်ဗီယက်နမ် (taungbiyaknam)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 南越 (naam⁴ jyut⁶)

Mandarin: 南越 (zh) (Nányuè)
Czech: Jižní Vietnam m
Danish: Sydvietnam n
Dutch: Zuid-Vietnam n
Estonian: Lõuna-Vietnam
Finnish: Etelä-Vietnam
French: Viêt Nam du Sud m, Sud-Viêt Nam m
Georgian: სამხრეთი ვიეტნამი (samxreti vieṭnami)
German: Südvietnam (de) n
Hindi: दक्षिणी वियतनाम m (dakṣiṇī viyatnām)
Hungarian: Dél-Vietnam
Indonesian: Vietnam Selatan
Italian: Vietnam del Sud m
Japanese: 南ベトナム (ja) (みなみベトナム, Minami Betonamu)
Khmer: វៀតណាមខាងត្បូង (viət naam khaang tboung)
Korean: 남베트남 (Nambeteunam)
Lao: ຫວຽດນາມໃຕ້ (huāit nām tai)
Latvian: Dienvidvjetnama f
Lithuanian: Pietų Vietnamas m
Macedonian: Јужен Виетнам m (Južen Vietnam)
Malay: Vietnam Selatan
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Өмнөд Вьетнам (Ömnöd Vʹjetnam)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Sør-Vietnam n
Persian:
Dari: وِیَتْنَامِ جَنُوبِی (wiyatnām-i janūbī)

Iranian Persian: وِیَتْنامِ جُنوبی (viyatnâm-e jonubi)
Polish: Wietnam Południowy m
Portuguese: Vietname do Sul m (European), Vietnã do Sul m (Brazilian)
Romanian: Vietnamul de Sud n (definite)
Russian: Ю́жный Вьетна́м (ru) m (Júžnyj Vʹjetnám)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ју̑жнӣ Вијѐтнам m

Roman: Jȗžnī Vijètnam (sh) m
Slovak: Južný Vietnam m
Slovene: Južni Vietnam m
Spanish: Vietnam del Sur m
Swahili: Vietnam Kusini
Swedish: Sydvietnam n
Thai: เวียดนามใต้ (wîiat-naam-dtâai)
Turkish: Güney Vietnam
Ukrainian: Півде́нний В'єтна́м m (Pivdénnyj Vʺjetnám)
Urdu: جُنُوبی وِیَت نام m (junūbī viyat nām), جُنُوبی وِیَتْنَام m (junūbī viyatnām), جَنُوبی وِیَت نام m (janūbī viyat nām), جَنُوبی وِیَتْنَام m (janūbī viyatnām)
Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hoà, Nam Việt Nam, Nam Việt

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