a region and former state of SW India: part of Kerala state since 1956
2.
a port in SW India, on the Malabar Coast: the first European settlement in India, founded by Vasco da Gama in 1502: shipbuilding, engineering. Pop: 596 473 (2001)
Local official name: Kochi
3.
a large breed of domestic fowl, with dense plumage and feathered legs, that originated in Cochin China
Cochin in American English
(ˈkoʊˌtʃɪn; ˈkɑtʃɪn)
noun
[alsoc-]
any of an Asiatic breed of large domestic fowl with black, buff, white, or gray plumage and thickly feathered legs