Tonkin

English

Etymology 1

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Thomas.

Proper noun

Tonkin

1. A surname transferred from the given name

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Tonkin

Proper noun

Tonkin

1. (history) The northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region
2. A gulf in northern Vietnam: the Gulf of Tonkin

Anagrams

• inknot, kinnot

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vietnamese Đông Kinh, a former name for Hanoi. Also see Pékin (“Beijing”) and Nankin (“Nanjing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃.kɛ̃/

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Proper noun

Tonkin ?

1. (history) The northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region
2. A gulf in northern Vietnam: the Gulf of Tonkin

Descendants

• English: Tonkin

See also

• Annam
• Cochinchine