Indochina

name
/ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/

Etymology

From Indo- + China, modelled after French Indochine. Name first proposed in the early 19th century by Scottish poet and orientalist John Leyden and later first used in Précis de Géographie universelle by Conrad Malte-Brun.

  1. derived from Indochine

Definitions

  1. A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion,…

    A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.

  2. A former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam,…

    A former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; in full, French Indochina.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for Indochina. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA