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Indochina

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Noun

1. indochina, indochinese peninsula

a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Indochina

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noun (ˈɪndəʊˈtʃaɪnə )
1. Also called: Farther India
a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
2. 
the former French colonial possessions of Cochin China, Annam, Tonkin, Laos, and Cambodia

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Indochina

see synonyms of indochina
1. 
large peninsula south of China, including Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, & the Malay Peninsula
2. 
E part of this peninsula, formerly under French control, consisting of Laos, Cambodia, & Vietnam

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Indochina

see synonyms of indochina
1. A peninsula of southeast Asia comprising Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), and the mainland territory of Malaysia. The area was influenced in early times by the cultures of India and China.
2. The former French colonial empire in southeast Asia, including much of the eastern part of the Indochinese peninsula. French influence extended from roughly 1858 to the fall of Dien Bien Phu (1954).

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