Conchinchina

See also: Cochinchina

Spanish

Etymology

Compare Portuguese Cochinchina (“placeholder for a remote, distant, or boring place”). Might harken back to the French conquest of Vietnam (1858–1885) that the Spanish Empire in nearby Spanish Philippines aided in or the Cambodian–Spanish War (1593–1597).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kont͡ʃinˈt͡ʃina/ [kõnʲ.t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Con‧chin‧chi‧na

Proper noun

Conchinchina f

1. Timbuktu (placeholder for a remote, distant, or boring place)

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)