Meanings
nounannexation (countable and uncountable, plural annexations)
plural annexations
- countableuncountableAddition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Opposite
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Origin
From Medieval Latin annexation-, stem of annexatio (“action of annexing”), from past participle of annecto.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic ضَمّ, إِلْحَاق
- ضَمّ (ḍamm)addition or incorporation of something
- إِلْحَاق (ʔilḥāq)addition or incorporation of something
Bulgarian ане́ксия
- ане́ксия (anéksija)addition or incorporation of something
Catalan annexió
- annexióaddition or incorporation of something
Chinese Mandarin 併吞 /并吞, 合併 /合并
- 併吞 /并吞 (bìngtūn)addition or incorporation of something
- 合併 /合并 (hébìng)addition or incorporation of something
Czech anexe
- anexeaddition or incorporation of something
Danish anneksion, annektering
- anneksionaddition or incorporation of something
- annekteringaddition or incorporation of something
- anneksionlegal merging of territory
Dutch annexatie
- annexatieaddition or incorporation of something
Esperanto anekso, anekso
- aneksoaddition or incorporation of something
- aneksolegal merging of territory
Estonian anneksioon
- anneksioonaddition or incorporation of something
Finnish liittäminen, liittäminen
- liittäminenaddition or incorporation of something
- liittäminenlegal merging of territory
French annexion
- annexionaddition or incorporation of something
German Annexion, Anschluss
- Annexionaddition or incorporation of something
- Anschlussaddition or incorporation of something
- Annexionlegal merging of territory
Greek προσάρτηση, προσθήκη
- προσάρτηση (prosártisi)addition or incorporation of something
- προσθήκη (prosthíki)addition or incorporation of something
Hebrew סיפוח, סִפּוּחַ
- סיפוחaddition or incorporation of something
- סִפּוּחַ (sipúakh)addition or incorporation of something
Hindi अधिग्रहण
- अधिग्रहण (adhigrahaṇ)addition or incorporation of something
Hungarian hozzácsatolás, annexió
- hozzácsatolásaddition or incorporation of something
- annexióaddition or incorporation of something
- annektálásaddition or incorporation of something
Italian annessione
- annessioneaddition or incorporation of something
Japanese 編入, 併合
- 編入 (hennyū)addition or incorporation of something
- 併合 (heigō)addition or incorporation of something
- 付加 (fuka)addition or incorporation of something
Korean 병합, 합병
- 병합 (byeonghap)addition or incorporation of something
- 합병 (hapbyeong)addition or incorporation of something
Latvian aneksija
- aneksijaaddition or incorporation of something
Lithuanian aneksija
- aneksijaaddition or incorporation of something
Norwegian Bokmål anneksjon, annektering
- anneksjonaddition or incorporation of something
- annekteringaddition or incorporation of something
Persian الحاق
- الحاق (elhâq)addition or incorporation of something
Polish aneksja, zabór
- aneksjaaddition or incorporation of something
- zabóraddition or incorporation of something
Portuguese anexação
- anexaçãoaddition or incorporation of something
Romanian anexare
- anexareaddition or incorporation of something
Russian анне́ксия, присоедине́ние
- анне́ксия (annɛ́ksija)addition or incorporation of something
- присоедине́ние (prisojedinénije)addition or incorporation of something
- аншлю́с (anšljús)addition or incorporation of something
- а́ншлюс (ánšljus)addition or incorporation of something
Slovak anexia
- anexiaaddition or incorporation of something
Spanish anexión
- anexiónaddition or incorporation of something
Swedish annektering, annexion
- annekteringaddition or incorporation of something
- annexionaddition or incorporation of something
Turkish ilhak, ilhak
- ilhakaddition or incorporation of something
- ilhaklegal merging of territory
Ukrainian ане́ксія, приє́днання
- ане́ксія (anéksija)addition or incorporation of something
- приє́днання (pryjédnannja)addition or incorporation of something
- аншлю́с (anšljús)addition or incorporation of something
- а́ншлюс (ánšljus)addition or incorporation of something
Vietnamese sự phụ vào
- sự phụ vàoaddition or incorporation of something
Cite this entry
APA
annexation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annexation
MLA
“annexation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annexation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “annexation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annexation.
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