See also: indochina and Indo-China

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Etymology

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From Indo- +‎ China, modelled after French Indochine. Name first proposed in the early 19th century by Scottish poet and orientalist John Leyden[1] and later first used in Précis de Géographie universelle by Conrad Malte-Brun.[2]

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Indochina

  1. (dated) The peninsula of mainland Southeast Asia.
  2. (historical) The former French colonial part of Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Indo-China”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2015 March 18 (last accessed), archived from the original on 9 March 2015

Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: In‧do‧chi‧na

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Indochina f

  1. Indochina (a region and peninsula in Southeast Asia)

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  • IPA(key): /indoˈt͡ʃina/ [ĩn̪.d̪oˈt͡ʃi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: In‧do‧chi‧na

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Indochina f

  1. Indochina (a region and peninsula in Southeast Asia)