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Cochin China

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Noun

1. cochin, cochin china

Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs

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Cochin China

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noun
a former French colony of Indochina (1862–1948): now the part of Vietnam that lies south of Phan Thiet

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Cochin China

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historic region and former French colony in SE Indochina: the S part of Vietnam

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Cochin China

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A region of southern Indochina including the rich delta area of the Mekong River. Originally a part of the Khmer Empire, it fell to the Annamese in the 1700s and to the French in the 1800s. The region forms the southern part of present-day Vietnam.
n.
See Cochin2.

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