Annamese

American  

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

adjective

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

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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

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adjective

1. a former word for Vietnamese

Etymology

Origin of Annamese

First recorded in 1820–30; Annam + -ese

Example Sentences

The “secret,” it may be added, comes not from Annamese music as has been frequently stated, but probably from Russia, where certainly it was used before Debussy’s rise.

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It is perhaps owing to the fact that the literature of China contains the canons of the Budhist religion and the ethics of Confucius, that it was adopted by the Japanese, Coreans and Annamese.

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Annamese, or, to use the native term, the Giao-chi, are the predominant people not only in Annam but in the lowland and cultivated parts of Tongking and in Cochin-China and southern Cambodia.

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Cambodians have a far more marked affinity with their Siamese than with their Annamese neighbours.

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It gives the Chinese characters with their pronunciation in Chinese and Annamese.

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