French Indochina
Speech parts
1. French Indochina - Noun
2. French Indochina - Proper noun
Meaning
the French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
Source: WordNetExamples
According to the negotiated peace, French Indochina was to be partitioned into Laos, Cambodia, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam.
American President Roosevelt and General Stilwell privately made it adamantly clear that the French were not to reacquire French Indochina after the war was over.
At the turn of the 20th century, the growing automobile industry in France resulted in the growth of the rubber industry in French Indochina, and plantations were built throughout the colony, especially in Annam and Cochinchina.
By 1940, only about 34,000 French civilians lived in French Indochina, along with a smaller number of French military personnel and government workers.
In 1904, to get back Chantaburi Siam had to give Trat main to French Indochina.
Establishment French marine infantrymen in Tonkin, 1884 The expansion of French Indochina (in blues).