Indochina
pronunciation
How to pronounce Indochina in British English:
UK [ˈindəuˈtʃainə]
How to pronounce Indochina in American English:
US [ˌɪndoˈtʃaɪnə]
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- Noun:
- a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam
Word Origin
- Indochina
- 1886, from Indo-, comb. form of Greek Indos "India" + China. Name proposed early 19c. by Scottish poet and orientalist John Leyden, who lived and worked in India from 1803 till his death at 35 in 1811.
Example
- 1. Southeast asians came together in the second indochina war .
- 2. Asean incorporated indochina and myanmar .
- 3. Japanese forces occupied vietnam , established bases in french indochina , and continued to attack china .
- 4. More to the point , the gambit failed to relieve the pressure on america in indochina , which was one of its chief purposes .
- 5. Rarely though do they hail from laos , a tiny , landlocked country that was caught up in america 's ill-fated indochina war .