Speakur

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indochina

/ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
in-dochi-na
IPA
/ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Dated

name

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

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Indo-China (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Indochinese

Synonyms

Mainland Southeast Asia

Rhymes With

china carolina vagina medina dinah fina angina karolina kalina jasmina krajina myna

Questions

How do you pronounce indochina?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/.
What does indochina mean?
A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.
Where does indochina come from?
It is traced to French.

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