Cochin China

alternative Cochin-China · alternative Cochinchina · alternative Cauchin China

1. historicalA former region comprising southern Vietnam; used as an exonym with its meaning depending on the historical context

   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.

   1824, John White, A Voyage to Cochin China, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, page 88

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   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.

   1905, “The Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, ..., &c. for the Year 1905”, in Hongkong Daily Press, page 544

2. A former region comprising southern Vietnam; used as an exonym with its meaning depending on the historical context:
   1. historicalĐại Việt (16th century)
   2. historicalĐàng Trong (17th and 18th centuries)
   3. historicalViệt Nam (19th century)
   4. historicalNam Kỳ (1862–1949)

plural Cochin Chinas · alternative Cochin-China · alternative Cochinchina · alternative Cauchin China

1. Synonym of Cochin (“type of domestic hen”).

   Synonyms: Cochin