Dien Bien Phu in British English
(ˌdjɛn bjɛn ˈfuː)
noun
a village in NW Vietnam: French military post during the Indochina War; scene of a major defeat of French forces by the Vietminh (1954)
Dien Bien Phu in American English
(ˌdjɛnˌ bjɛnˈ fu)
village in NW Vietnam: besieged & captured by Vietminh forces (1954), marking the end of French occupation of Indochina
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Word lists withDien Bien Phu
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