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Definition: Indochina |
IndochinaNoun1. A peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Indochina, or French Indochina, was a federation of French colonies and protectorates in south-east Asia, part of the French colonial empire. It consisted of Cochin China, Tonkin, Annam (all of which now form Vietnam), Laos and the Khmer Republic (now Cambodia). As a geographic term, Indochina can also include Thailand and Burma.France assumed sovereignty over Annam and Tonkin after the Franco-Chinese War (1884-1885). Indochina was formed in October 1887 from Annam, Tonkin, Cochin China, and the Khmer Republic; Laos was added in 1893. The federation lasted until 1954. The capital of Indochina was Hanoi. There was a series of puppet Emperors.
In September 1940, during World War 2, Vichy France (which had just submitted to Nazi Germany) granted Japan's demands for military access to Tonkin. Immediately this allowed Japan better access to China in the Sino-Japanese War, against the forces of Chiang Kai-shek. But it was also part of Japan's strategy of domination of the Pacific Ocean, helped greatly by the success of its ally Germany in defeating Pacific powers the Netherlands (see Dutch East Indies) and France. The Japanese kept the French bureaucracy and leadership in place to run Indochina.
On March 9, 1945 with France firmly under Allied domination, Germany in retreat, and the USA ascendant in the Pacific, Japan decided to take complete control of Indochina. The Japanese kept power until the news of their government's surrender came though in August, after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
After the war, France attempted to reassert itself in the region, but came into conflict with the Viet Minh, an organization of Communist Vietnamese nationalistss under French-educated Ho Chi Minh. During WW2, the USA had supported the Viet Minh in resistance against the Japanese; the group was in control of the country apart from the cities since the French gave way in March 1945. After persuading Emperor Bao Dai to abdicate in his favour, on September 2, 1945 Ho -- as president -- declared independence for the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. But before the end of September, a force of British, French and Indians, who also pressed captured Japanese into service, restored French control. Bitter fighting ensued. In 1950 Ho again declared an independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam, which was recognized by the fellow Communist governments of China and the Soviet Union.
Fighting lasted until March 1954, when the Viet Minh won the decisive victory against French forces at the gruelling Battle of Dien Bien Phu. This led to the partition of Vietnam into North, under Viet Minh control, and South, called the Republic of Vietnam, which had the support of the USA, Great Britain, and France. The events of 1954 also marked the end of French involvement in the region, and the beginnings of serious US commitment to South Vietnam which was to lead to the Vietnam War.
Laos and Cambodia also became independent in 1954, but were both drawn into the Vietnam War.
While the political definition of Indochina includes only the states of French Indochina, the geographical definition includes Thailand and Burma.
See also:
- French colonial empire
- Colonial Cambodia
- Stamps and postal history of Indochina
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Indochina."
Synonym: IndochinaSynonym: Indochinese peninsula (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Indochina |
| English words defined with "Indochina": Annam ♦ Cambodia ♦ Dien Bien Phu ♦ expeditionary ♦ Far East, French Indochina ♦ Gulf of Siam, Gulf of Thailand ♦ Ho Chi Minh City ♦ Kampuchea, Kingdom of Cambodia ♦ Saigon, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Southeast Asia ♦ Viet Nam, Vietnam. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Indochina": Mekong Valley ♦ Numerical Limit, Exempt from. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Indochina" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (indochina), Spanish (Indo china). |
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Screenplays | We French lost our war in Indochina because we failed to learn about the people we sought to lead (M. Butterfly; writing credit: David Henry Hwang.) | |
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 | A young Vietnamese refugee lends a helping hand to a sailor chipping paint on board USS Bayfield (APA-33), while enroute from Haiphong to Saigon, Indochina, 7 September 1954. Note aviators' oxygen bottle at left. Credit: NAVY. |  | Women unite! : talk about what we can do, do what we talk about : child care, education, Indochina War, racism ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | Most of these domestic exports are shipped to emerging countries in South Asia and Indochina, which lack sophisticated local testing facilities like Singapore’s. (references) | |
The 1999 figure for domestic exports was an increase over previous years where domestic exports ranged between 40-45%. One factor is increased exports to emerging markets in South Asia and Indochina. (references) | ||
Economic History | Laos | During World War II, the Japanese occupied French Indochina, including Laos. (references) |
Cambodia | The regime broke relations with Hanoi in December 1977, protesting Vietnam's attempt to create an Indochina Federation. (references) | |
Vietnam | During the second Indochina war (1954-75), North Vietnam balanced relations with its two major allies, the Soviet Union and China. (references) | |
Political Economy | Laos | FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WERE RE-ESTABLISHED IN 1992. SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BILATERAL COOPERATION INCLUDE COUNTERNARCOTICS ACTIVITIES AND EFFORTS TO OBTAIN A FULL ACCOUNTING FOR AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONAL MISSING IN ACTION DURING THE INDOCHINA CONFLICT. (references) |
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| "Indochina" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Indochina" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 51 | 47,619 |
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Expression using "Indochina": french Indochina. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "Indochina": pan-indochina. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
indochina | 1,089 |
indochina travel | 17 |
french indochina | 17 |
indochina map | 9 |
indochina and war | 8 |
holiday indochina | 8 |
french indochina war | 6 |
america indochina | 5 |
de guerra indochina | 4 |
first indochina war | 3 |
indochina tour | 3 |
indochina second war | 2 |
foreign french french image in indochina legion | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Indochina"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | Indoèína (Indo china). (various references) | |
Italian | Indocina (Indo-China). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | インドゴムの木 (India rubber tree). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | インドシナ . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | indochinaay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | indochina. (various references) | |
Swedish | Indokina (Indo china). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | індокитай. (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Indochina" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anokhin. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-h-i-i-n-n-o" | |
-1 letter: conidian. | |
-2 letters: anionic, conidia, indican, nonacid. | |
-3 letters: anodic, niacin. | |
-4 letters: acini, ancon, anion, canid, canon, chain, chiao, china, chino, conin, danio, donna, honan, honda, inion, iodic, iodin, ionic, nacho, nicad, oidia. | |
-5 letters: acid, anon, cadi, caid, cain, chad, chao, chia, chid, chin, chon, ciao, cion, coda, coin, coni, conn, dona, hand, hind, icon, inch, inia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-h-i-i-n-n-o" | |
+3 letters: indomethacin. | |
+4 letters: indomethacins. | |
+5 letters: dechlorinating, dechlorination. | |
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