Cochin China

See also: Cochinchina

English

Etymology

From French Cochin-China; from 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).[1]

Proper noun

Cochin China

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

Translations

References

  1. ↑ “Cochin-china” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
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