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Definition of Annam
1. Noun. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945.
Geographical relationships: Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, Vietnam War
Group relationships: Asean, Association Of Southeast Asian Nations
Generic synonyms: Asian Country, Asian Nation
Group relationships: Indochina, Indochinese Peninsula
Terms within: North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Capital Of Vietnam, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Haiphong
Member holonyms: Annamese, Vietnamese
Definition of Annam
1. Proper noun. (history lang=en) A former kingdom and French protectorate of central Vietnam on the South China Sea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Annam
Literary usage of Annam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"To him the peninsula is indebted for numbers of its canals and roads, especially
for the great road, which, starting from Saigon, traverses Annam and ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... south Annam, and made a large collection of birds. These were reported upon
by Mr. Herbert C. Robinson and the collector.2 By an arrangement with Dr. WL ..."
3. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"The only possible alternative is that the aboriginal tribes have in some past
age lived in close contact with a more civilised Mon-Annam race, who did plant ..."
4. The International Relations of the Chinese Empire by Hosea Ballou Morse (1918)
"Franco-Spanish treaty with Annam, June 5, 1862 . . 342 4. Mekong and Red River
routes into Yunnan ... Efforts of King of Annam to escape, 1876-81 . . 346 9. ..."
5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"The first point to notice is the general uniformity of type throughout the whole
Annamite dominions, ie, in Tongking, Annam Proper, and Cochin China. ..."
6. A physical, historical, political, & descriptive geography by Alexander Keith Johnston (1885)
"Annam. 1. The kingdom of Annam,1 reaching over more than twice the extent of ...
23, 1883) virtually reduces Annam to the position of a French dependency. ..."
7. The History of Mankind by Friedrich Ratzel (1898)
"Even if individual operations of culture also intersected in many districts, yet
the fact remains that Tonking and Annam use Chinese writing, ..."
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