- a former French colonial federation in Southeast Asia comprising principally what are now the independent states of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Capital: Hanoi.
- the territories of SE Asia that were colonized by France and held mostly until 1954: included Cochin China, Annam, and Tonkin (now largely Vietnam), Cambodia, Laos, and Kuang-Chou Wan (returned to China in 1945, now Zhanjiang)
