Indochina

Indochina is the former name of a region of southeast Asia, which dates from the period when it was a colony of France under the full name of Democratic of Indochina. The name has its origins in the French, Indochinee, as a combination of the names of "China" and "India", referring to the location of the territory between China and India. The Indochinese peninsula refers to a region in Southeast Asia lying roughly southwest of China, and east of India. The term "Indochina" may also be used in biogeography for the "Indochinese Region", a major biogeographical region within the Indomalaya ecozone.