Indochina

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See also: indochina and Indo-China

English

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Etymology

From Indo- +‎ China, modelled after French Indochine. Name first proposed in the early 19th century by Scottish poet and orientalist John Leyden[1] and later first used in Précis de Géographie universelle by Conrad Malte-Brun.[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Indochina

  1. (dated) The peninsula of mainland Southeast Asia.
  2. (historical) The former French colonial part of Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Indo-China”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2015 March 18 (last accessed), archived from the original on 9 March 2015

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: In‧do‧chi‧na

Proper noun

Indochina f

  1. Indochina (a region and peninsula in Southeast Asia)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /indoˈt͡ʃina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: In‧do‧chi‧na

Proper noun

Indochina f

  1. Indochina (a region and peninsula in Southeast Asia)
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