Cochin China

See also: Cochinchina

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French Cochin-China; from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese corruption of Ko-chen, + China to distinguish from the Indian town of Cochin (which has a different etymology and was also a Portuguese colony).

Proper noun

Cochin China

1. (historical) A former region comprising southern Vietnam and part of Cambodia.

Translations

region

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南圻 (Nánqí), 交趾支那 (Jiāozhǐ Zhīnà)

• Finnish: Kotšinkiina
• Hawaiian: Kokinakina
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• Khmer: កូសាំងស៊ីន (kousangsiin), កូសាំងចិន (kousangcən)
• Portuguese: Cochinchina
• Russian: Кохинхи́на (ru) f (Koxinxína)
• Vietnamese: Nam Kì (vi)