Indochina
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See also: indochina and Indo-China
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/, /ˈɪndoʊ̯ˌt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Indochina
- (dated) The peninsula of mainland Southeast Asia.
- (historical) The former French colonial part of Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]part of Southeast Asia
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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Indo-China”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2015 March 18 (last accessed), archived from the original on 9 March 2015
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: In‧do‧chi‧na
Proper noun
[edit]Indochina f
- Indochina (a region and peninsula in Southeast Asia)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Indochina f
- Indochina (a region and peninsula in Southeast Asia)
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