How to say 'Vietnam' in Japanese | ベトナム

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The Japanese word for Vietnam is 'Betonamu', written as ベトナム in Japanese.

word

ベトナム

Meaning

Vietnam

Reading

Betonamu

Explanation

The Japanese proper noun 'ベトナム (べとなむ)' refers to the country Vietnam. It is used in the same way as in English, to denote the Southeast Asian nation. For example: I want to visit Vietnam「ベトナムに行きたい」(べとなむにいきたい). Vietnamese food is delicious「ベトナム料理は美味しい」(べとなむりょうりはおいしい). The word is typically written in katakana, as it is a foreign loanword.

Part Of Speech

proper noun

Frequency

3984

Composition

katakana

Handwriting