Cochin-China

A form of Cochin China — Synonym of Cochin (“type of domestic hen”).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Cochin China.

    Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition/CHIAMPA, the ſouth diviſion of Cochin-china, a country of the Eaſt-Indies.

    1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183
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