Indochina

See also: indochina and Indo-China

English

Alternative forms

• Indo-China

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/, /ˈɪndoʊ̯ˌt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/

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Proper noun

Indochina

2. (dated) A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.

   Synonym: Mainland Southeast Asia

4. (historical) A former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; in full, French Indochina.

Related terms

• Indochinese

Translations

part of Southeast Asia

• Albanian: Indokinë f, Indokina f (definite)
• Arabic: اَلْهِنْد اَلصِّينِيَّة f (al-hind aṣ-ṣīniyya)
• Armenian: Հնդկաչին (Hndkačʻin)
• Azerbaijani: Hind-Çin
• Belarusian: Індакіта́й m (Indakitáj)
• Bulgarian: Индокита́й m (Indokitáj)
• Burmese: အင်ဒိုချိုင်းနား (angduihkyuing:na:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中南半島 / 中南半岛 (zung¹ naam⁴ bun³ dou²), 印度支那 (jan³ dou⁶ zi¹ naa⁴)

  Mandarin: 中南半島 / 中南半岛 (zh) (Zhōngnán bàndǎo), 印度支那 (zh) (Yìndù-Zhīnà) (dated), 中印半島 / 中印半岛 (zh) (Zhōng-Yìn bàndǎo), 印支 (zh) (Yìn-Zhī) (short form, dated)

• Corsican: Induchina f, Inducina f
• Czech: Indočína f
• Danish: Indokina
• Dutch: Indochina n
• Esperanto: Hindoĉinio
• Estonian: Indohiina
• Finnish: Indokiina (fi)
• French: Indochine (fr) f
• Georgian: ინდოჩინეთი (indočineti)
• German: Indochina (de) n
• Greek: Ινδοκίνα f (Indokína)
• Hebrew: הודו־סין
• Hindi: हिन्दचीन m (hindcīn)
• Icelandic: Indókína n
• Indonesian: Indochina
• Ingrian: Indokitaja
• Italian: Indocina (it) f
• Japanese: 印度支那 (ja) (インドシナ, Indoshina)
• Kannada: ಇಂಡೋ - ಚೀನ (iṇḍō - cīna)
• Kazakh: Үндіқытай (Ündıqytai)
• Khmer: ឥណ្ឌូចិន (km) (ʼenduucən)
• Korean: 인도차이나 (Indochaina), 인도지나반도(印度支那半島) (Indojinabando)
• Kyrgyz: Индокытай (İndokıtay)
• Lao: ອິນດູຈີນ (lo) (ʼin dū chīn)
• Latin: Indosina f, Paeninsula Indosinensis f
• Latvian: Indoķīna f
• Lithuanian: Indokinija f
• Macedonian: Индоки́на f (Indokína)
• Malay: Indochina
• Malayalam: ഇന്തോ-ചൈന (intō-caina)
• Marathi: इंडोचायना (iṇḍocāynā)
• Mongolian: Энэтхэг-Хятадын хойг (Enetxeg-Xjatadyn xojg)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Indokina

• Persian: هندوچین (fa) (hendočin)
• Polish: Indochiny (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: Indochina f
• Romanian: Indochina f
• Russian: Индокита́й (ru) m (Indokitáj)
• Scots: Indocheenae, Indo-Cheenae
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Индокина f

  Roman: Indokina (sh) f

• Slovak: Indočína f
• Slovene: Indokina f
• Spanish: Indochina f
• Swedish: Indokina
• Tagalog: Indotsina
• Tajik: Ҳиндучин (Hindučin)
• Tamil: இந்தோசீனா (intōcīṉā)
• Thai: อินโดจีน (th) (in-doo-jiin)
• Turkish: Hindiçin
• Ukrainian: Індокита́й m (Indokytáj)
• Urdu: ہِنْدْچِین m (hindcīn)
• Uzbek: Hindixitoy
• Vietnamese: Đông Dương (vi) (東洋), bán đảo Trung Ấn (半島中印), bán đảo Đông Dương (半島東洋)
• West Frisian: Yndosina n, Yndo-Sina n

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.doˈʃĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.doˈʃĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.doˈʃi.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.dɔˈʃi.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.dɔˈʃi.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.dɔˈt͡ʃi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: In‧do‧chi‧na

Proper noun

Indochina f

1. (dated) Indochina (a peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia)
2. (historical) Indochina (A former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos)

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Indochina f

1. (dated) Indochina (a peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia)
2. (historical) Indochina (A former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos)