Cochin China

Cochin China ¹

A region of southern Indochina including the rich delta area of the Mekong River. Originally a part of the Khmer Empire, it fell to the Annamese in the 1700s and to the French in the 1800s. The region forms the southern part of present-day Vietnam.

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[Ultimately from Portuguese Cauchichina : archaic Malay Kuchi, Vietnam (akin to Vietnamese Giao Chỉ, Annam, from a Chinese source equivalent to Mandarin Jiāozhǐ) + Portuguese China, China.]

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Cochin China ²

n.

See Cochin².

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Cochin China

n

(Placename) a former French colony of Indochina (1862–1948): now the part of Vietnam that lies south of Phan Thiet

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

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