Cochinchina

== English == === Proper noun === Cochinchina Cochin China (a historical region of Indochina); used as an exonym with its meaning depending on the historical context: Đại Việt (16th century) Đàng Trong (17th and 18th centuries) Việt Nam (19th century) Nam Kỳ (1862–1949) == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Cochim + China, to distinguish from the Indian town of Cochin. Compare Spanish Cochinchina and Spanish Conchinchina (“placeholder for a remote, distant, or boring place”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Co‧chin‧chi‧na === Proper noun === Cochinchina f Cochin China (a historical region of Indochina) Timbuktu (placeholder for a remote, distant, or boring place) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kot͡ʃinˈt͡ʃina/ [ko.t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.na] Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: Co‧chin‧chi‧na === Proper noun === Cochinchina f Cochin China (a historical region of Indochina) ==== See also ==== Conchinchina