Cochin China
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Vietnamese wanted to incorporate the southern province of Cochin China, because, they said, its people were mainly Annamese.
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
They had dealt directly with Viet Nam without Cochin China representation, causing Dr. Thinh's Government to lose face.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
It has made them attentive to fussy details, faithful to fantastic conceptions of honour, partial to pensioned ease and married life if one escapes the fevers of Cochin China and Algeria.
From Command by McFee, William
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