Tonkin

== English == === Etymology 1 === From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Thomas. ==== Proper noun ==== Tonkin (plural Tonkins) A surname transferred from the given name. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Tonkin is the 15418th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1900 individuals. Tonkin is most common among White (94.68%) individuals. === Etymology 2 === From French Tonkin, from Vietnamese Đông Kinh (“Hanoi; its former kingdom”), from đông (“east, eastern”) + kinh (“capital”), from Middle Chinese 東京 (tuwng kjaeng), q.v. ==== Proper noun ==== Tonkin (archaic) Synonym of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. (historical) A former kingdom in northern Vietnam. (historical) A former protectorate in northern Vietnam, a colony of France. Ellipsis of the Gulf of Tonkin: a gulf in northern Vietnam. Ellipsis of Gulf of Tonkin incident, a 1964 event used to increase US involvement in the Vietnamese Civil War. ===== Alternative forms ===== (archaic) Tonquin, Tong-King ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tonkin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === inknot, kinnot == French == === Alternative forms === Tonking (obsolete) === Etymology === From Vietnamese Đông Kinh, a former name for Hanoi. Also see Pékin (“Beijing”) and Nankin (“Nanjing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ̃.kɛ̃/ === Proper noun === Tonkin m (history) the northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region a gulf in northern Vietnam: the Gulf of Tonkin ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: Tonkin === See also === Annam Cochinchine == Japanese == === Romanization === Tonkin Rōmaji transcription of トンキン