In the narrow sense, it refers only to the three countries that were once under French rule: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, but this is an abbreviation of the French Indochina Federation (1887-1945). Incidentally, the French called Myanmar before independence British Indochina. Indochina is home to five great rivers, all of which except for one originate in eastern Tibet: the Song Khoi (Red River), the Mekong, the Menam (Chao Phraya), the Salween, and the Irrawaddy. Various civilizations have developed around the plains of each river basin. *Some of the terminology used to refer to "British Indochina" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…狭義ではかつてフランスの支配下におかれたベトナム,カンボジア,ラオスの3国のみを指すが,これは〈フランス領インドシナ連邦〉(1887‐1945)の略である。ちなみにフランス人は独立前のミャンマーを〈イギリス領インドシナ〉と呼んでいた。 インドシナには一つを除きいずれもチベット東部に源を発する5本の大河――ソンコイ(ホンハ,紅河),メコン,メナム(チャオプラヤー),サルウィン,イラワジ――が流れ,それぞれの流域平野を中心に多彩な文明を発達させている。… ※「イギリス領インドシナ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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