cochin

¹

[ koh-chin, koch-in ]

noun

1. one of an Asian breed of chickens, resembling the Brahma but slightly smaller.

Cochin

²

[ koh-chin ]

noun

1. a former state in southwestern India; merged with Travancore 1949; a part of Kerala state since 1956.
2. former name of Kochi.

Cochin

/ ˈkɒtʃ-; ˈkəʊtʃɪn /

noun

1. a region and former state of SW India: part of Kerala state since 1956
2. a port in SW India, on the Malabar Coast: the first European settlement in India, founded by Vasco da Gama in 1502: shipbuilding, engineering. Pop: 596 473 (2001) Local official nameKochi
3. a large breed of domestic fowl, with dense plumage and feathered legs, that originated in Cochin China

Word History and Origins

Origin of cochin¹

First recorded in 1850–55; short for Cochin-China fowl

Example Sentences

Back at home, Fabio is married to Domino, another cochin bantam.

From Seattle Times

Bound and round the great stone well flew the cochin, but she was finally caught and thrashed and deprived of that polonie.

From Project Gutenberg

They’re exactly like that little buff cochin rooster you laugh at, because he tries to crow and strut before he knows how.

From Project Gutenberg

Three weeks later, after having been faithfully sat upon, and as faithfully turned each day by the cochin's beak, she gave another pert stir, very slight, and tapped a hole through her cracking shell.

From Project Gutenberg

The black pig, blind with jealous rage and mortification at being beaten on the tape by a cochin china, had borne violently down upon the booth and upset it, with wicked grunts of satisfaction.

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