Definition of Annam

1. Noun. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945.


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

Ankou
Ankylostoma
Anmol
Ann Arbor
Anna
Anna Amalia Mercouri
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Howard Shaw
Anna Pavlova
Annaba
Annabel
Annabella
Annabelle
Annabeth
Annalise
Annam (current term)
Annamese
Annamite
Annamites
Annapolis
Annapurna
Anne
Anne Boleyn
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bronte
Anne Dudley Bradstreet
Anne Hathaway
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Mansfield Sullivan
Anne Marie

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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