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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Vietminh
 
SYLLABICATION:Vi·et·minh
PRONUNCIATION:  v-tmn, vyt-, vt-
VARIANT FORMS: also Vi·et Minh
NOUN:Inflected forms: 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.
ADJECTIVE: Of or relating to the Vietminh.
ETYMOLOGY:Vietnamese, short for Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi, Vietnam Federation of Independence.
 
 
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