English Dictionary |
FRENCH INDOCHINA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does French Indochina mean?
• FRENCH INDOCHINA (noun)
The noun FRENCH INDOCHINA has 1 sense:
1. the French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
Familiarity information: FRENCH INDOCHINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("French Indochina" is a part of...):
Indochina; Indochinese peninsula (a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Each person is his own judge." (Native American proverb, Shawnee)
"The people's lord is their servant." (Arabic proverb)
"Postponement is cancellation." (Dutch proverb)