Cochinchina

American  

[koh-chin-chahy-nuh, koch-in-] / ˈkoʊ tʃɪnˈtʃaɪ nə, ˈkɒtʃ ɪn- /

noun

1. a former state in south French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.

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Example Sentences

Today's South Viet Nam consists of most of Annam plus Cochinchina, a fact that has profound political implications because of historical differences between the regions.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the penetration of the French, it was divided into the colonial units of Tongking, Annam and Cochinchina.

From Time Magazine Archive

At his arrival we were already on the road to Cochinchina, whereupon the king ordered us to return to Lanchan immediately.

From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander

The missions in Cochinchina and Tonkin are doing well.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

Two fathers Page 203of the mission and a lay brother went to a port of the same kingdom, Cochinchina, called Pullocambi, about fifty leagues from the court, at the request of the heathen governor there.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander