Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Annexation has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
incorporation by joining or uniting
"The small village celebrated its annexation after officially joining the larger city to share resources and services."
the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
"the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"
"a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"
Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
"The controversial treaty formally announced the official annexation of the disputed territory into the neighboring country's borders."
The word comes from the Medieval Latin annexatio, which referred to the action of attaching or joining something to a larger whole. It is derived from the verb annecto, meaning "to bind together."