Cochin China
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She had her bases in Indo-China as planned�a long strip of Annamese coast on the China Sea, a hunk of Cochin China across the Gulf of Siam from Malaya and, diagonally, from Singapore.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Vietnamese wanted to incorporate the southern province of Cochin China, because, they said, its people were mainly Annamese.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had dealt directly with Viet Nam without Cochin China representation, causing Dr. Thinh's Government to lose face.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the logic of the Me Generation was actually headlong flight from the lethal surprises found in obscure Cochin China.
From Time Magazine Archive
Or if it’s about a subscription for the starving children of Cochin China, I have too many starving children of my own.”
From The Rustle of Silk by Hamilton, Cosmo
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