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Had coin in change for part of south-east Asia (9)

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I believe the answer is:

indochina

'for part of south-east asia' is the definition.
(historical geographical term)

'had coin in change' is the wordplay.
'change' indicates anagramming the letters.
'had'+'coin'+'in'='hadcoinin'
'hadcoinin' anagrammed gives 'INDOCHINA'.

(Other definitions for indochina that I've seen before include "Peninsula of south-eastern Asia" , "Vietnam etc" , "Southeast Asian peninsula -- I hand coin (anag)" , "South-east Asian region" , "peninsular area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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