Annam (An`nam) , an empire, of the size of Sweden, along the east coast of Indo-China, under a French protectorate since 1885; it has a rich well-watered soil, which yields tropical products, and is rich in minerals.
Population (circa 1900) given as 6,000,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
An`na Ivanov`na * An`nan