Cochin China
Britishnoun
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Annam, the only empire in French Asia, lies facing the China Sea between the French protectorates of Cochin China and Tonking.
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
The Viet Nam nation is a recent French consolidation of three ancient provinces: Tonkin, Annam and Cochin China.
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
In 1821, the missionary, Dr. Milne, calculated the population of Cochin China, Corea, Loo-choo, Japan, and other districts tributary to China, to be about 60,000,000.
From The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835 by Wightman, George
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