Wiktionary
n. A former region comprising southern Vietnam and part of Cambodia.
WordNet
n. Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs [syn: cochin]
Usage examples of "cochin china".
My partner endeavoured to encourage me by describing the several ports of that coast, and told me he would put in on the coast of Cochin China, or the bay of Tonquin, intending afterwards to go to Macao, where a great many European families resided, and particularly the missionary priests, who usually went thither in order to their going forward to China.
The captain as often as possible put up his sails, and under the double action of steam and sail the vessel made rapid progress along the coasts of Anam and Cochin China.
Whole shiploads are exported annually from Sumatra, Malacca, Siam and Cochin China.