How is "Cochin" pronounced?

[princessmama]

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

I was told it is pronounced Co-chin Thats how I say it anyway

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

Me too!

 

[vortec]

I assumed it was coch-in but I really don't know for sure.

vortec

 

[LuLuBelle]

I was told co-shin

 

[princessmama]

Hmmm, so many to choose from...

 

[vortec]

What is the cochin's origin? That might help us with how to say it.

vortec

 

[rooster-red]

According to Webster's:

co-chin (koh'chin, koch'in) n.
1. one of an Asian breed of chickens,
resembling the Brahma but slightly
smaller.
[1850-55; short for Cochin-China fowl]
Co-chin (koh'chin) n.
1. a seaport in W Kerala, in SW India: first
European fort in India, built by
Portuguese 1503. 686, 000.

 

[justmeandtheflock]

co-shin, cosh-in, sounds the same to me

. I've been saying it coach-in.