Indochina
/ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/
Indochina proper noun: a peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.
Proper noun
Indochina
- A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.
- Synonyms:
- Mainland Southeast Asia
- A former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; in full, French Indochina.
Indochina meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Indochina in Hindi
- part of Southeast Asia
- हिन्दचीन hindcīn
Indochina in Tamil
- part of Southeast Asia
- இந்தோசீனா intōcīṉā
Indochina in Marathi
- part of Southeast Asia
- इंडोचायना iṇḍocāynā
Indochina in Urdu
- part of Southeast Asia
- ہِنْدْچِین hindcīn
More languagesFewer languages
- Indochina in Malayalam
- ഇന്തോ-ചൈന intō-caina
- Indochina in Kannada
- ಇಂಡೋ - ಚೀನ iṇḍō - cīna
- Indochina in Tagalog
- Indotsina
- Indochina in Arabic
- اَلْهِنْد اَلصِّينِيَّة al-hind aṣ-ṣīniyya
- Indochina in Malay
- Indochina
- Indochina in Indonesian
- Indochina
- Indochina in Persian
- هندوچین hendočin
- Indochina in Thai
- อินโดจีน in-doo-jiin
- Indochina in Vietnamese
- Đông Dương, bán đảo Đông Dương
- Indochina in Myanmar
- အင်ဒိုချိုင်းနား angduihkyuing:na:
Synonyms of Indochina
- Mainland Southeast Asia
Forms of Indochina
| alternative form | Indo-China |
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Origin of Indochina
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.
Phrases with Indochina
Words that rhyme with Indochina
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Questions about Indochina
- What does Indochina mean?
- Indochina means a peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.
- What is Indochina in Hindi?
- Indochina in Hindi is हिन्दचीन (hindcīn). See Indochina meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Indochina?
- Indochina is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Indochina?
- Indochina is pronounced /ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/.
Words near Indochina in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Indochina (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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