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Annamese

American  
[an-uh-meez, -mees] / ˌæn əˈmiz, -ˈmis /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Annam, its people, or their language.


noun

plural

Annamese
  1. a native of Annam.

  2. former name of the language Vietnamese.

Annamese British  
/ ˌænəˈmiːz /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Annam

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. a former word for Vietnamese

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Annamese

First recorded in 1820–30; Annam + -ese

Example Sentences

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Cleverly, the Annamese took the best China had to offer—the Chinese classics, the ethics of Confucius, and Mahayana Buddhism.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the Chinese withdrew in 939, the Annamese turned conquerors in their turn.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Vietnamese wanted to incorporate the southern province of Cochin China, because, they said, its people were mainly Annamese.

From Time Magazine Archive

The 3,600 members of National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia still believe there may be loved ones locked in prisons hidden somewhere in the impenetrable Annamese Cordillera.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its area is estimated at approximately 65,000 sq. m.; its population at 1,500,000, of whom some three-quarters are Cambodians, the rest Chinese, Annamese, Chams, Malays, and aboriginal natives.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various