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Cochin china

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A former region comprising southern Vietnam and part of Cambodia. historical

    "In their arrangements for the future government of this extensive country, it was determined that Yinyac should possess the two divisions of Chang and Don-nai; Long-niang, that of Huè, bordering on Tonquin; and the youngest brother was to be high-priest of all Cochin China."

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Cochin (“type of domestic hen”).
  2. 2
    Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French Cochin-China; from a Portuguese corruption of Ko-chen, + China, distinguishing it from the Indian town of Cochin (which has a different etymology and was a Portuguese colony).

Etymology 2

From French Cochin-China; from a Portuguese corruption of Ko-chen, + China, distinguishing it from the Indian town of Cochin (which has a different etymology and was a Portuguese colony).

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