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annam

/əˈnæm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
an-nam
IPA
/əˈnæm/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former colonial province of China, now part of Vietnam's present-day Tonkin.

name

One the French protectorates in Vietnam, located in Central Vietnam.

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese An Nam, from Chinese 安南 (Ānnán).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

An Nam (alternative)

Derived Forms

Annamese Annamite

Questions

How do you pronounce annam?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈnæm/.
What does annam mean?
A former colonial province of China, now part of Vietnam's present-day Tonkin.
Where does annam come from?
It is traced to Vietnamese.

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