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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')   
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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