Indochina

American  

[in-doh-chahy-nuh] / ˈɪn doʊˈtʃaɪ nə /

noun

1. a peninsula in Southeast Asia, between the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea, comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, western Malaysia, and Myanmar (Burma).

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Indochina British  

noun

1. Also called: Farther India.  a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia

2. the former French colonial possessions of Cochin China, Annam, Tonkin, Laos, and Cambodia

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Indochina Cultural  

1. Region in Southeast Asia, including Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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The French colonies of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia were organized as French Indochina.

Example Sentences

A French nurse dubbed the “angel of Dien Bien Phu” for her care of wounded and dying soldiers during the Indochina war in the 1950s has died at the age of 99.

From BBC

By 17, he was in the military and France’s war in Indochina.

From New York Times

He later became a naval pilot and fought in France’s wars in Indochina and Algeria.

From New York Times

Henry Kamm won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for articles on the plight of refugees from Indochina who fled their war-torn homelands in 1977 and braved the South China Sea.

From New York Times

France, humiliated by its rapid capitulation to the Germans in 1940, fought to reclaim wealth and glory in "French" Indochina, only to be severely humbled at Dien Bien Phu.

From Salon