Meaning of INDO-CHINESE
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\In`do-Chi*nese"\, a. [Indo- + Chinese.]
Of or pertaining to Indo-China (i. e., Farther India, or
India beyond the Ganges).
\In`do-Chi*nese"\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Indo-China.
2. Of or pert. to the Mongoloid races of India, esp. Farther
India, or designating, or of, their languages.
Tradition and comparative philology agree in
pointing to northwestern China, between the upper
courses of the Yang-tsekiang and of the Ho-ang-ho,
as the original home of the Indo-Chinese race.
--Census of
India, 1901.
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