Annamite

Variant of Annamese

noun

  1. pl. Annamese
    1. a person born or living in Vietnam; Vietnamese
    2. a person born or living in Annam
    1. the Vietnamese language
    2. the language of Annam

Origin: Chin ahn-nahm, pacified South

adjective

of Annam or its people, language, or culture
Also Annamite
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