Cochinchina
Americannoun
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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
Lao is bounded on the east by Cochinchina and on the northeast and north by China and Tartaria, from which places came the sheep and the asses that were there when I went.
From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander
The king of Sinoa, a province of Cochinchina, equipped us for the voyage with a good outfit, by giving us an embassy for that country, and men to accompany us on the road.
From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander
In some maps of the sixteenth century we have seen it reduced to the region now called Mois, and in others in the north of the present Cochinchina, while in later maps it disappears entirely.
From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander
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