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An⋅nam

   [uh-nam]
–noun
a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
Also, Anam.
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An·nam     (ə-nām', ān'ām')  Pronunciation Key 
A region and former kingdom of central Vietnam on the South China Sea between Tonkin and Cochin China. It was ruled by China from 111 B.C. until A.D. 939 and came under French control in the 19th century.
An'na·mese' (ān'ə-mēz', -mēs'), An'nam·ite' adj. & n.
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annam

noun
a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945 [syn: Vietnam] 

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