Indochina

n. 印度支那

发音

其它 /ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/
其它 /ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/

别名

Indo-China

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.

    中南半岛

    印度支那

    中印半岛

    印支

    过时
  2. 2.

    A former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; in full, French Indochina.

    历史

相关短语

French Indochina 法属印度支那

词源

From Indo- + China, modelled after French Indochine. Name first proposed in the early 19th century by Scottish poet and orientalist John Leyden and later first used in Précis de Géographie universelle by Conrad Malte-Brun.

来源：wiktionary