Annam

or A·nam

[ uh-nam ]

noun

1. a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.

Annam

/ ˈænæm; æˈnæm /

noun

1. a former kingdom (3rd century–1428), empire (1428–1884), and French protectorate (1884–1945) of E Indochina: now part of Vietnam

Example Sentences

Also in attendance were MBK fellows such as 17-year-old Daniel Annam, who traveled to Oakland from Staten Island, New York, to be honored for the work he’d done in his community.

From The Guardian

Jung Woo-sung stars as Detective Han, a conscience-plagued crooked cop in Annam City, where the mayor controls nearly every money-making enterprise, legal and not — and his political opponents manage the rest.

From Los Angeles Times

Beyond the plain rises a circle of hills formed by spurs of the mountains of Annam.

From Project Gutenberg

Korea, once a vassal state, is practically governed by Japan, while Tonking and Annam have become French colonies.

From Project Gutenberg

In every district are practised diverse forms of worship between which no clear dividing line can be drawn, and, as in Annam, the same persons may be at once followers of Confucius, Lao-tse, and Buddha.

From Project Gutenberg