| South Vietnam A former country of southeast Asia. It existed from 1954, after the fall of the French at Dien Bien Phu, to 1975, when the South Vietnamese government collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War. It is now part of Vietnam. South Vietnamese adj. & n. |
South Vietnam
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(Placename) a former republic (1955-76) occupying the S of present-day Vietnam on the South China Sea and the Gulf of Siam
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| Noun | 1. |  South Vietnam - a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when it was defeated and annexed by North VietnamAnnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Vietnam - a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945 |
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