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Indochina

in·doc·hina

UK/ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/ US/ˈɪndoʊ̯ˌt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/ uncommon dated

noun

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Origin

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.

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