Claim: French Indochina was a grouping of French colonial territories.
Evidence: French Indochina -LRB- previously spelled as French Indo-China -RRB- -LRB- Indochine française សហភ ពឥណ ឌ ច ន Đông Dương thuộc Pháp , -LSB- ɗə̄wŋm jɨ̄əŋ tʰûək fǎp -RSB- , frequently abbreviated to Đông Pháp ; ຝຣັ່ງແຫຼັມອິນດູຈີນ Cantonese : -RRB- , officially known as the Indochinese Union -LRB- Union indochinoise -RRB- after 1887 and the Indochinese Federation -LRB- Fédération indochinoise -RRB- after 1947 , was a grouping of French colonial territories in Southeast Asia.