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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Cochinchina

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

He went to the Indias in 1618, where he visited Japan, China, the kingdom of Siam, Cochinchina, and Tonquin.

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

The 20th, a soma or junk arrived at Nangasaki from Cochinchina, laden with silk and benzoin, which last was exceedingly clear and good.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

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