Cochin (redirected from Cochin Chinas)

Co·chin ¹  (kchn)

A region and former princely state of southwest India on the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea. The city of Cochin was visited by Vasco da Gama in 1502 and colonized by the Portuguese in the following year. It was taken by the Dutch in 1663 and occupied by the British in 1795. Population: 596,000.

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Co·chin ²  (kchn)

n.

See Cochin China².

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Cochin [ˈkəʊtʃɪn ˈkɒtʃ-]

n

1. (Placename) a region and former state of SW India: part of Kerala state since 1956

2. (Placename) a port in SW India, on the Malabar Coast: the first European settlement in India, founded by Vasco da Gama in 1502: shipbuilding, engineering. Pop.: 564 589 (1991)

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a large breed of domestic fowl, with dense plumage and feathered legs, that originated in Cochin China

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cochin - Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs cochin china domestic fowl, fowl, poultry - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl