annexation
annexation noun: addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
Noun
annexation (countable and uncountable, plural annexations)
- Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
- A legal merging of a territory into another body.
annexation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
annexation in Hindi
- addition or incorporation of something
- अधिग्रहण adhigrahaṇ
annexation in Tamil
- போர், அப்படி இணைத்துக்கொண்ட ஒன்று, சேர்மானம், இணைப்பு
annexation in Urdu
- annexation, junction, something added, addition
- الحاق ilhāq
- annexation
- اضافہ izāfa
annexation in Malayalam
- ആക്രമിച്ച് പിടിച്ചെടുക്കൽ
More languagesFewer languages
- annexation in Arabic
- ضَمّ ḍamm, إِلْحَاق ʔilḥāq
- annexation in Persian
- الحاق elhâq
- annexation in Vietnamese
- sự phụ vào
Synonyms of annexation
Antonyms
Forms of annexation
| plural | annexations |
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Origin of annexation
From Medieval Latin annexation-, stem of annexatio (“action of annexing”), from past participle of annecto.
Words formed from annexation
Questions about annexation
- What does annexation mean?
- Annexation means addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
- What is annexation in Hindi?
- Annexation in Hindi is अधिग्रहण (adhigrahaṇ). See Annexation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is annexation?
- Annexation is a noun.
- What is the plural of annexation?
- The plural of annexation is annexations.
Words near annexation in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: annexation (page history and authors); annexation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اضافہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); annexation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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