Dien Bien Phu: Meaning and Definition of

Dien Bien Phu

Pronunciation: (dyen'-byen"-f'), [key]
  1. a town in NW Vietnam: site of defeat of French forces by Vietminh 1954, bringing to an end the French rule of Indochina.
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