cochin china
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A former region comprising southern Vietnam; used as an exonym with its meaning depending on the historical context
name
A former region comprising southern Vietnam; used as an exonym with its meaning depending on the historical context:
name
A former region comprising southern Vietnam; used as an exonym with its meaning depending on the historical context:
name
A former region comprising southern Vietnam; used as an exonym with its meaning depending on the historical context:
name
A former region comprising southern Vietnam; used as an exonym with its meaning depending on the historical context:
Example Sentences
- "In their arrangements for the future government of this extensive country, it was determined that Yinyac should possess the two divisions of Chang and Don-nai; Long-niang, that of Huè, bordering on Tonquin; and the youngest brother was to be high-priest of all Cochin China."
- "Cochin-China is a French Colony. The province of Giadinh, of which Saigon is the chief port, was conquered by the Franco-Spanish fleet on the 17th February, 1859, but Lower Cochin-China (comprising the provinces of Giadinh, Bienhoa, and Mytho, and the Islands of Pulo Condor) was not definitely occupied until 1862, when it was formally surrendered by treaty; in 1867 three more provinces were conquered by the French and added to their possessions, viz., Chaudoc, Hatien, and Vinhlong. The actual boundaries of Cochin-China now are: on the North the kingdoms of Annam and Cambodia, on the East and South the China Sea, on the West the Gulf of Siam and Cambodia."
Etymology
From French Cochin-China; from a Portuguese corruption of Ko-chen, + China, distinguishing it from the Indian town of Cochin (which has a different etymology and was a Portuguese colony).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: Cochin-China, -