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DIEN BIEN PHU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dien Bien Phu mean?
• DIEN BIEN PHU (noun)
The noun DIEN BIEN PHU has 1 sense:
1. the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954
Familiarity information: DIEN BIEN PHU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)
Domain region:
Annam; Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Viet Nam; Vietnam (a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945)
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