Indochina

In·do·chi·na  (nd-chn)

1. A peninsula of southeast Asia comprising Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), and the mainland territory of Malaysia. The area was influenced in early times by India (particularly the Hindu culture) and China.

2. The former French colonial empire in southeast Asia, including much of the eastern part of the Indochinese peninsula. French influence extended from roughly 1862 to the fall of Dien Bien Phu (1954).

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Indo·chinese (-nz, -ns) adj. & n.

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Indochina, Indo-China

n [ˈɪndəʊˈtʃaɪnə]

1. (Placename) Also called Farther India a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia

2. (Placename) the former French colonial possessions of Cochin China, Annam, Tonkin, Laos, and Cambodia

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Noun

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Indochina - a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam Indochinese peninsula Southeast Asia - a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore Burma, Myanmar, Union of Burma - a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar" Cambodia, Kampuchea, Kingdom of Cambodia - a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946 French Indochina - the French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laos - a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949 Malaya, Malaysia - a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957 Kingdom of Thailand, Siam, Thailand - a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula; "Thailand is the official name of the former Siam" Annam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Vietnam - a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945

Translations

Indochina [ˌɪndəʊˈtʃaɪnə] n → l'Indocina