Vietcong

• Viet Cong, VC

Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Việt Cộng, short for Việt Nam cộng sản (“Vietnam(ese) communist(s)”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌviː.ɛt.ˈkɒŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɛt.ˈkɑŋ/

Vietcong

1. A communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States, South Korea, Australia, and the South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War and was supported by communist North Vietnam.

   Coordinate terms: NVA, ARVN

• Republic of South Vietnam

Vietcong (plural Vietcongs or Vietcong)

1. A member of this organization.
   • 2010, Walter Mondale, David Hage, The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics‎, Scribner, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 78:

     Then I went to Cam Ranh Bay, a huge base, and received the same official briefing, upbeat and hopeful. Afterward, I asked the briefing officer if he thought any Vietcong were working on the base itself. He said yes. I asked how many, and he said, “We figure twenty to thirty percent of our employees are Vietcong.”

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