Associations to the word «Annam»

Wiktionary

ANNAM, proper noun. (history) Annam, a former colonial province of China, now part of Vietnam's present-day Tonkin
ANNAM, proper noun. (history) Annam, one of the French protectorates in Vietnam, located in Central Vietnam

Dictionary definition

ANNAM, noun. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945.

Wise words

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