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Annamite

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An·nam  (-nm, nm)
A region and former kingdom of central Vietnam on the South China Sea between Tonkin and Cochin China. It was ruled by China from 111 b.c. until a.d. 939 and came under French control in the 19th century.
Anna·mese (n-mz, -ms), Annam·ite adj. & n.
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Noun1.Annamite - the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam
Annamese, Vietnamese
Mon-Khmer - a branch of the Austro-Asiatic languages


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More than 30 years ago, a military UH-1 Huey helicopter carrying four photojournalists over the Annamite Mountains of Laos was struck by enemy fire and crashed to the jungle below.
Pyle, Richard & Faas, Horst. Lost over Laos; a true story of tragedy, ... by Puffer, Raymond / Kliatt
A new species of rabbit, with bold stripes and a reddish rump, has turned up in the Annamite mountains on the border between Laos and Vietnam.
And now there are two striped rabbits by Milius, S. / Science News
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