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Tonkin
Tonkin
English
Proper noun
Tonkin
- A surname.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Tonkin
- (historical) The northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region
- A gulf in the north of Vietnam
French
Etymology
From Mandarin 東京 (a former name of Hanoi), based on the Nanjing accent. Compare Vietnamese Đông Kinh. Also see Pékin (“Beijing”) and Nankin (“Nanjing”).
Proper noun
Tonkin
- (historical) The northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region
- A gulf in the north of Vietnam
Descendants
- English: Tonkin