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Annam

American  
[uh-nam] / əˈnæm /
Or Anam

noun

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


Annam British  
/ 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

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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 • Feb. 20, 2019

On a recent inspection trip, he discovered that the mountain tribes of Annam have no calendar, simply use the planting of the new rice crop to mark the new year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hue in central Annam, for 300 Roman Catholic partisans, had them airlifted to Saigon and had them mount guard on his palace.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was born in Annam 40 years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Until Annam was taken by the French, its history consisted of a struggle with the Chinese, who alternately asserted and lost their sovereignty.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various