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Definition of Indochinese peninsula
1. Noun. A peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam.
Group relationships: Southeast Asia
Terms within: Burma, Myanmar, Union Of Burma, Cambodia, Kampuchea, Kingdom Of Cambodia, French Indochina, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laos, Malaya, Malaysia, Kingdom Of Thailand, Siam, Thailand, Annam, Socialist Republic Of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Vietnam
Generic synonyms: Peninsula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indochinese Peninsula
Literary usage of Indochinese peninsula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Real Reciprocity: Balancing U.S. Economic and Security Policies in the by David Denoon (1993)
"... guerrilla war with the Khmer Rouge, it was clear the battle would be a long,
bloody one but that it would be confined to the Indochinese peninsula. ..."
2. Adventure Guide Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia by Janet Arrowood (2006)
"The Khmer who now populate Cambodia may have migrated from southeastern China to
the Indochinese peninsula before the first century AD. ..."
3. Tonkin: Or, France in the Far East by Charles Boswell Norman (1884)
"... richest and most valuable districts in the great IndoChinese peninsula; watered
by a magnificent stream which is navigable for some hundreds of miles, ..."
4. Asia in the 21st Century: Evolving Strategic Priorities by Michael D. Bellows (1994)
"... of their wartime collaboration, while on the Indochinese peninsula and in
Indonesia, wars of independence broke out against the former suzerain states. ..."
5. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Silviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"Outline of ecology and vegetation of the Indochinese peninsula. In: Larsen, K.
and Holm- Nielsen, LB (eds.) Tropical botany, 109-123. ..."
6. Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia by Bernard Joliat, Sonia Vian (2003)
"On the Mekong delta, the kingdom became a powerful maritime empire and expanded
over the entire Indochinese peninsula. The gigantic carved heads of Angkor ..."
7. By Sea, Air, and Land: An Illustrated History of the U. S. Navy and the War by Edward J. Marolda (1996)
"At various times Wasp (CVA 18), Essex (CVA 9), Boxer, and Philippine Sea (CV 47)
steamed off the Indochinese peninsula prepared to launch their aircraft ..."
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