Conchinchina
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See also: Cochinchina
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Conchinchina f
- Timbuktu (placeholder for a remote, distant, or boring place)
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)