Cochinchina
a former state in south French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
- French Co·chin·chine [kaw-shan-sheen]. /kɔ ʃɛ̃ˈʃin/.
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How to use Cochinchina in a sentence
He belongs to Borneo and Cochin-China, where he assembles in large troops, and feeds wholly on fruit.
The Desert World | Arthur ManginTo Cochin-China also belongs the Douc, a very large species, remarkable for their coat of many colours.
The Desert World | Arthur ManginOver the door was a print "of the seventy servants of God," martyred in Cochin China and those parts in the last few years.
Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 | T. W. (Thomas William) AlliesWe saw here a professor who was under sentence of death in Cochin China, but escaped.
Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 | T. W. (Thomas William) AlliesOn leaving Cochin China she had drawn 31 feet of water, but on her arrival at Dartmouth she drew only 26.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for Cochin China
a former French colony of Indochina (1862–1948): now the part of Vietnam that lies south of Phan Thiet
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