French Indochina

[french in-doh-chahy-nuh]

noun

1. a former French colonial federation in Southeast Asia comprising principally what are now the independent states of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Hanoi.

French Indochina

noun

1. the territories of SE Asia that were colonized by France and held mostly until 1954: included Cochin China, Annam, and Tonkin (now largely Vietnam), Cambodia, Laos, and Kuang-Chou Wan (returned to China in 1945, now Zhanjiang)