Viet

[vee-et, vyet]

noun

1. South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.

adjective

1. Vietnamese.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Viet¹

First recorded in 1955–60; by shortening

Example Sentences

Councilmember Thai Viet Phan, who came up with the motion, added that staff should report back in 90 days or sooner on the efficacy of the fund and suggestions to increase its budget.

From Los Angeles Times

Federal prosecutors said the Viet America Society gave Rhiannon a job, and paid her as an employee, after her father voted in favor of the lucrative contracts.

From Los Angeles Times

Calling his conduct “despicable” and his attempt to minimize his crimes “absurd,” prosecutors said that of the more than $10 million he steered to the Viet America Society, much of it supposedly for meal programs for the elderly and disabled, only $1.4 million went to that purpose.

From Los Angeles Times

In connection with the Do case, the U.S. attorney’s office announced charges last week of bribery against the founder of the Viet America Society, and for wire fraud against a man affiliated with another Orange County relief group.

From Los Angeles Times

In a scathing rejection of his newest work, Bernard Quint, art director at Life magazine, wrote on Nov. 28, 1967, “From looking at your drawings, I would gather that only American G.I.’s are guilty of poking their daggers into Christ-like Vietnamese and obviously Hanoi and the Viet Cong are blank pieces of paper which symbolize innocence.”

From Slate