Cochinchina
Americannoun
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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
Several days after the imprisonment of Father Alonso Ximenez in Cochinchina where Captain and Sargento-mayor Juan Xuarez Gallinato had left him, the kings of Tunquin and Sinua permitted him to return to Manila.
From History of the Philippine Islands by James Alexander Robertson
A few days later it was reported from the bar that four Spanish ships had entered, accompanied by many galleys from Cochinchina.
From History of the Philippine Islands by James Alexander Robertson
When the Chams of Cochinchina are sowing their dry rice fields and desire that no shower should fall, they eat their rice dry in order to prevent rain from spoiling the crop.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
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