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What is another word for Vietcong?

Pronunciation: [vˌiːətkˈɒŋ] (IPA)

Vietcong is a term used to refer to the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The word Vietcong is a combination of the words Vietnam and Communist Party. It was used during the Vietnam War to describe the guerrilla fighters who fought against the South Vietnamese government and the United States. Synonyms for Vietcong include NLF, PAVN, VC (short for Vietcong), Charlie (a term used by American soldiers), and the Red Army. These terms were often used interchangeably during the war and depended on the source and context of the conversation. Today, Vietcong is still a controversial term due to the political and historical associations it carries. However, it remains an important part of the history of Vietnam and the United States.
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What are the hypernyms for Vietcong?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    North Vietnamese forces, communist combatants, guerrilla fighters.

Famous quotes with Vietcong

  • Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.
    Stephen Ambrose
  • If there's four Vietcong in a village with knives and punji sticks, we'll bring in a B-52. And I think, sometimes we need to learn to fight smarter instead of to fight richer. And this is what I mean, you know, education, "oh, education's expensive;" no it's not, books are cheap, (the) internet's cheap, we can fight smarter, we can learn. So, that's where resource-to-kill-ratio comes from.
    Max Brooks

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