Indochina

[ in-doh-chahy-nuh ]

noun

1. a peninsula in Southeast Asia, between the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea, comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, western Malaysia, and Myanmar (Burma).

Indochina

noun

1. Also calledFarther India a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
2. the former French colonial possessions of Cochin China, Annam, Tonkin, Laos, and Cambodia

Indochina

1. Region in Southeast Asia , including Burma ( Myanmar ), Cambodia , Laos , Malaysia , Thailand , and Vietnam .

Notes

The French colonies of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia were organized as French Indochina.

Example Sentences

Like America’s wars in Indochina, the bloody, nearly yearlong assault on Gaza has unleashed a level of carnage that has horrified the world.

From Los Angeles Times

He was proud of that period in Indochina, Mr. Sui said, where “he went into the killing fields in a jeep” and saw “people buried alive.”

From New York Times

A French nurse dubbed the “angel of Dien Bien Phu” for her care of wounded and dying soldiers during the Indochina war in the 1950s has died at the age of 99.

From BBC

International resistance was greeting President Lyndon B. Johnson’s expansion of U.S. military presence in Indochina, which chipped away at global sympathy in the wake of the Kennedy assassination.

From Los Angeles Times

By 17, he was in the military and France’s war in Indochina.

From New York Times