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

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

It made its way along the coast of Cochinchina and Champan, inside the shoals of Aynao, and reached the bar of Camboja.

From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander

He opened up the commerce of the kingdoms of Tunquin and Cochinchina, and extended that of Great China; and he brought to terms the king of Tidore.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 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 Bourne, Edward Gaylord