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Indochinese peninsula

Indochinese peninsula

5.8
A large peninsula in Southeast Asia that includes Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and part of Malaysia
  • noun
translation icon : península indochina
  • The Indochinese peninsula is home to diverse cultures and natural landscapes, making it a popular tourist destination.

Examples

  • Specifically, U.S. involvement in the Second Indochina War against North Vietnam, following the French military defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, led to widespread and intense conflict in the Indochinese peninsula.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Much of the rivalry between the superpowers found concrete expression in the long and drawn-out wars fought in the Indochinese peninsula.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Revolutionary communism has dissipated in the Indochinese peninsula, and the last abortive coup took place some eight years ago.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The Domino Theory promoted by the United States, which speculated that if a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow, justified using the Korean and Indochinese peninsulas as proving grounds for injecting American influence around the world.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Many countries in the Indochinese peninsula share historical ties and economic relations that influence their development.

  • The tropical climate of the Indochinese peninsula supports a rich variety of flora and fauna unique to the region.

Synonyms

Indochina
vsIndochinese peninsula
9 3.7

A Southeast Asian peninsula including Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Vietnam

has identical meaning but uses a shorter single-word form

Surface Forms

Indochinese peninsula singular
Indochinese peninsulas plural

Morphology

Indochinese + peninsula

The phrase is fully compositional: 'Indochinese' (pertaining to Indochina) modifies 'peninsula' (a landmass surrounded by water), yielding the straightforward meaning 'the peninsula of Indochina' that includes the listed countries. This adjective+noun geographic naming is standard and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Indochinese peninsula may come from joining India and China, because the region lies between those two places, and a 'peninsula' is a 'land that sticks out into the sea'. That's why the name today refers to the large area of Southeast Asia that juts into the ocean.