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English word origin

Etymology of Annam

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

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Source etymology 1

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name

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

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

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

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Inspect preserved source fields

Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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