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viet minh

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Vi⋅et⋅minh

[vee-et-min, vyet-, vee-it-]
–noun
1. a Vietnamese, Communist-led organization whose forces fought against the Japanese and esp. against the French in Indochina: officially in existence 1941–51.
2. (used with a plural verb) the leaders, supporters, and fighters of this organization.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the Vietminh.
Also, Vi⋅et Minh.


Origin:
< Vietnamese Việt-Minh, short for Việt-Nam Độc-Lập Đông-Minh Vietnam Independence League
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Vi·et·minh also Vi·et Minh   (vē-ět'mĭn', vyět'-, vē'ĭt-)   
n.   pl. Vietminh also Viet Minh
A member of the Vietnamese political and military movement that challenged the Japanese and defeated the French between 1941 and 1954.
adj.  Of or relating to the Vietminh.

[Vietnamese, short for Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi, Vietnam Federation of Independence.]
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