印度支那

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
(印度支那)
印度 支那

Pronunciation


Proper noun

印度支那

  1. Indochina; Indochinese Peninsula

Synonyms

  • 印支 (Yìn-Zhī) (short form)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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Proper noun

印度支那 (katakana インドシナ, rōmaji Indoshina)

  1. (uncommon, archaic) Indochina, the Indochinese Peninsula
    • 1903, Bun'yū Nanjō, Junjirō Takakusu, and Jōshirō Sawai, Futsuryō Indoshina [French Indochina], OCLC 683027098, page 36:
       () (じょう) (ふつ) (りょう)印度支那 (インドシナ) (おい) (しゅ) (よう)なる () (めい)とるの音譯 (おんやく)とを (しめ) (する) (れっ) ()し、その () () (だい)ゆるものにして
      Ijō wa Futsu ryō Indoshina ni oite shuyō naru chimei toru no on'yaku to o shimesu suru ni rekki shi, sono chishi ni dai yuru mono ni shite
      The foregoing lists the transliterations of the principle place names in Fr. Indochinese territory, which are used to name those places

Usage notes

In contemporary usage, the name is usually written in katakana.

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