English Explanatory Dictionary

Tonkin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
name
  1. Synonym of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
  2. A former kingdom in northern Vietnam.
  3. A former protectorate in northern Vietnam, a colony of France.
  4. Ellipsis of the Gulf of Tonkin: a gulf in northern Vietnam.
  5. Ellipsis of Gulf of Tonkin incident, a 1964 event used to increase US involvement in the Vietnamese Civil War.

Word forms

Tonkin Tonkins Tonquin Tong-King

Etymology

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Thomas.

Synonyms

Hanoi

Derived words

Gulf of Tonkin Tonkinese Tonkin pit viper
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