Meanings
alternative Indo-China
- datedA peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.
Synonyms: Mainland Southeast Asia
- historicalA former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; in full, French Indochina.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.
Origin
- FrenchIndochine
- EnglishIndochina
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.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اَلْهِنْد اَلصِّينِيَّة
- اَلْهِنْد اَلصِّينِيَّة (al-hind aṣ-ṣīniyya)part of Southeast Asia
Bulgarian Индокита́й
- Индокита́й (Indokitáj)part of Southeast Asia
Catalan Indoxina
- Indoxinapart of Southeast Asia
Chinese Cantonese 中南半島 /中南半岛, 印度支那
- 中南半島 /中南半岛 (zung¹ naam⁴ bun³ dou²)part of Southeast Asia
- 印度支那 (jan³ dou⁶ zi¹ naa⁴)part of Southeast Asia
Chinese Mandarin 中南半島 /中南半岛, 印度支那
- 中南半島 /中南半岛 (Zhōngnán bàndǎo)part of Southeast Asia
- 印度支那 (Yìndù-Zhīnà)part of Southeast Asia
- 中印半島 /中印半岛 (Zhōng-Yìn bàndǎo)part of Southeast Asia
- 印支 (Yìn-Zhī)part of Southeast Asia
Czech Indočína
- Indočínapart of Southeast Asia
Danish Indokina
- Indokinapart of Southeast Asia
Dutch Indochina
- Indochinapart of Southeast Asia
Esperanto Hindoĉinio
- Hindoĉiniopart of Southeast Asia
Estonian Indohiina
- Indohiinapart of Southeast Asia
Finnish Indokiina
- Indokiinapart of Southeast Asia
French Indochine
- Indochinepart of Southeast Asia
German Indochina
- Indochinapart of Southeast Asia
Greek Ινδοκίνα
- Ινδοκίνα (Indokína)part of Southeast Asia
Hebrew הודו־סין
- הודו־סיןpart of Southeast Asia
Hindi हिन्दचीन
- हिन्दचीन (hindcīn)part of Southeast Asia
Icelandic Indókína
- Indókínapart of Southeast Asia
Indonesian Indochina
- Indochinapart of Southeast Asia
Italian Indocina
- Indocinapart of Southeast Asia
Japanese 印度支那
- 印度支那 (Indoshina)part of Southeast Asia
Korean 인도차이나, 인도지나반도
- 인도차이나 (Indochaina)part of Southeast Asia
- 인도지나반도 (Indojinabando)part of Southeast Asia
Latin Indosina, Paeninsula Indosinensis
- Indosinapart of Southeast Asia
- Paeninsula Indosinensispart of Southeast Asia
Latvian Indoķīna
- Indoķīnapart of Southeast Asia
Lithuanian Indokinija
- Indokinijapart of Southeast Asia
Malay Indochina
- Indochinapart of Southeast Asia
Norwegian Bokmål Indokina
- Indokinapart of Southeast Asia
Persian هندوچین
- هندوچین (hendočin)part of Southeast Asia
Polish Indochiny
- Indochinypart of Southeast Asia
Portuguese Indochina
- Indochinapart of Southeast Asia
Romanian Indochina
- Indochinapart of Southeast Asia
Russian Индокита́й
- Индокита́й (Indokitáj)part of Southeast Asia
Slovak Indočína
- Indočínapart of Southeast Asia
Spanish Indochina
- Indochinapart of Southeast Asia
Swedish Indokina
- Indokinapart of Southeast Asia
Tagalog Indotsina
- Indotsinapart of Southeast Asia
Tamil இந்தோசீனா
- இந்தோசீனா (intōcīṉā)part of Southeast Asia
Thai อินโดจีน
- อินโดจีน (in-doo-jiin)part of Southeast Asia
Turkish Hindiçin
- Hindiçinpart of Southeast Asia
Ukrainian Індокита́й
- Індокита́й (Indokytáj)part of Southeast Asia
Urdu ہِنْدْچِین
- ہِنْدْچِین (hindcīn)part of Southeast Asia
Vietnamese Đông Dương, bán đảo Đông Dương
- Đông Dươngpart of Southeast Asia
- bán đảo Đông Dươngpart of Southeast Asia
- bán đảo Ấn–Trungpart of Southeast Asia
- bán đảo Hoa–Ấnpart of Southeast Asia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Indochina
Cite this entry
Indochina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indochina
“Indochina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indochina. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Indochina,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indochina.
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