Tonkin (English, name)
expansion: Tonkin
Senses:
glosses: Synonym of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
tags: archaic
glosses: A former kingdom in northern Vietnam.
tags: historical
glosses: A former protectorate in northern Vietnam, a colony of France.
tags: historical
glosses: Ellipsis of the Gulf of Tonkin: a gulf in northern Vietnam.
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
ellipsis
glosses: Ellipsis of Gulf of Tonkin incident, a 1964 event used to increase US involvement in the Vietnamese Civil War.
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
ellipsis
Forms:
form: Tonquin
tags: alternative
form: Tong-King
tags: alternative