Indochina

American

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

noun

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).

Indochina British

noun

Also called: Farther India. a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
the former French colonial possessions of Cochin China, Annam, Tonkin, Laos, and Cambodia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Indochina Cultural

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

Discover More

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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Indochina

He harangued the conservative navy into accepting a drive toward French Indochina and the Dutch oil fields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

But how much of this was already brewing before Mitchell stepped foot in Indochina?

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2025

“It’s amazing,” said Cod Satrusayang, head of development at Indochina Productions, a Bangkok-based production services company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

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 ● May 31, 2024

In the Pacific, Japan was tearing through China and moving into Indochina.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023