Vietnamとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam. Extended senses come from the Vietnam War.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnɑːm/, /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnæm/, /(ˈ)viːətˈnɑːm/, /(ˈ)viːətˈnæm/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnɑm/, /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnæm/, /ˌvi.ətˈnɑm/, /ˌvi.ətˈnæm/
• (米国発音, まれに, perhaps modeled on piece etc, または the South Vietnamese pronunciation) IPA^(key): /(ˈ)vitˈnɑm/, /(ˈ)vitˈnæm/
• 韻: -ɑːm, -æm

固有名詞

Vietnam

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

   Synonyms: (official name) Socialist Republic of Vietnam, (くだけた用法) Nam

3. (chiefly US, colloquial) The Vietnam War.

   Synonym: (くだけた用法) Nam

派生語

• Vietnam syndrome
• Vietnam War
• Vietnamese
• Vietnamization
• Vietnamize

名詞

Vietnam (複数形 Vietnams)

1. A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of a place (the site of the war) cannot win.

   another Vietnam

   the Soviet Union's Vietnam (the 1979–89 occupation of Afghanistan)

   France's Vietnam (the Algerian War または First Indochina War)

2. (US, slang) A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.
   • 1992, “187um (Deep Cover Remix)”, in Deep Cover, performed by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg:

     Welcome back to Vietnam, California.

   • 1992, “Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat”, in The Chronic, Death Row Records, performed by Dr. Dre:

     Vietnam, California, back in and on a mission.

3. (US, slang, by extension) A situation in which one cannot win.
   • 1989, Michael Goodwin and Naomi Wise, On the Edge: The Life and Times of Francis Coppola, p. 195:

     Everyone was miserable, including Coppola. "It was my Vietnam," he moaned a few months later.

   • 2011, “Judy is your Viet Nam”, performed by They Might Be Giants:

     Judy is the great deceiver / Judy is your Viet Nam

参考

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• Srebrenica, Chernobyl