Cochinchina

See also: Cochin China and Conchinchina

Portuguese

Etymology

From Cochim + China, to distinguish from the Indian town of Cochin. Compare Spanish Cochinchina and Spanish Conchinchina (“placeholder for a remote, distant, or boring place”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʃĩˈʃĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʃĩˈʃĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʃĩˈʃi.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʃĩˈʃi.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʃĩˈʃi.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.t͡ʃĩˈt͡ʃi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: Co‧chin‧chi‧na

Proper noun

Cochinchina f

1. Cochin China (a historical region of Indochina)
2. Timbuktu (placeholder for a remote, distant, or boring place)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kot͡ʃinˈt͡ʃina/ [ko.t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Co‧chin‧chi‧na

Proper noun

Cochinchina f

1. Cochin China (a historical region of Indochina)

See also

• Conchinchina