"Tonkin" meaning in All languages combined

See Tonkin on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Tonkins [plural]
Etymology: From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Thomas. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Tonkin (plural Tonkins)
  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
    Sense id: en-Tonkin-en-name-7rrtY8Fk Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Seas Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 4 3 3 39 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 3 2 3 23 24 3 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 2 1 2 26 27 2 28 Disambiguation of Seas: 18 3 3 3 37 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Forms: Tonquin [alternative], Tong-King [alternative]
Etymology: 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. Cognate, through Middle Chinese, of Tokyo. Etymology templates: {{wp}}, {{bor|en|fr|Tonkin}} French Tonkin, {{der|en|vi|Đông Kinh||Hanoi; its former kingdom}} Vietnamese Đông Kinh (“Hanoi; its former kingdom”), {{der|en|ltc|東京}} Middle Chinese 東京 (tuwng kjaeng), {{abbr|q.v.|quo vide; "which see}} q.v. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tonkin
  1. (archaic) Synonym of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Tags: archaic Categories (place): Cities in Vietnam, Places in Vietnam Synonyms: Hanoi [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Tonkin-en-name-NRflUFXP Categories (other): National capitals, Vietnam, Vietnam War Disambiguation of Vietnam: 2 22 26 25 20 4 Disambiguation of Vietnam War: 3 22 21 20 16 17
  2. (historical) A former kingdom in northern Vietnam. Tags: historical Categories (place): Places in Vietnam
    Sense id: en-Tonkin-en-name-7IlJa0iA Categories (other): Former polities, Vietnam, Vietnam War Disambiguation of Vietnam: 2 22 26 25 20 4 Disambiguation of Vietnam War: 3 22 21 20 16 17
  3. (historical) A former protectorate in northern Vietnam, a colony of France. Tags: historical Categories (place): Places in France, Places in Vietnam
    Sense id: en-Tonkin-en-name-jIgclVYP Categories (other): Former dependent territories, France, Vietnam, Vietnam War Disambiguation of France: 14 4 3 66 7 8 Disambiguation of Vietnam: 2 22 26 25 20 4 Disambiguation of Vietnam War: 3 22 21 20 16 17
  4. Ellipsis of the Gulf of Tonkin: a gulf in northern Vietnam. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: the Gulf of Tonkin (extra: a gulf in northern Vietnam) Categories (place): Places in Vietnam
    Sense id: en-Tonkin-en-name-qawl1fl9 Categories (other): Ellipses of places, Gulfs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Seas, Vietnam, Vietnam War Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 4 3 3 39 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 3 2 3 23 24 3 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 2 1 2 26 27 2 28 Disambiguation of Seas: 18 3 3 3 37 37 Disambiguation of Vietnam: 2 22 26 25 20 4 Disambiguation of Vietnam War: 3 22 21 20 16 17
  5. Ellipsis of Gulf of Tonkin incident, a 1964 event used to increase US involvement in the Vietnamese Civil War. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Gulf of Tonkin incident (extra: a 1964 event used to increase US involvement in the Vietnamese Civil War)
    Sense id: en-Tonkin-en-name-Y9D5Tvoy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Seas, Vietnam War Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 4 3 3 39 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 3 2 3 23 24 3 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 2 1 2 26 27 2 28 Disambiguation of Seas: 18 3 3 3 37 37 Disambiguation of Vietnam War: 3 22 21 20 16 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Gulf of Tonkin, Tonkinese, Tonkin pit viper
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [French]

IPA: /tɔ̃.kɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Charpennes-Tonkin.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Tonkin.wav Forms: Tonking [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From Vietnamese Đông Kinh, a former name for Hanoi. Also see Pékin (“Beijing”) and Nankin (“Nanjing”). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|vi|Đông Kinh}} Vietnamese Đông Kinh Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|m}} Tonkin m
  1. (history) the northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Tonkin-fr-name-AWb7KxNd Categories (other): History, French undefined derivations, History of Asia, History of France Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 67 33 Disambiguation of History of Asia: 67 33 Disambiguation of History of France: 69 31 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  2. a gulf in northern Vietnam: the Gulf of Tonkin Tags: masculine Categories (place): Places in Vietnam Derived forms: golfe du Tonkin, haricot du Tonkin, Tonkinois, tonkinois Related terms: Annam, Cochinchine
    Sense id: en-Tonkin-fr-name-kqRvL506 Categories (other): Gulfs, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, Seas Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 3 2 3 23 24 3 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 2 1 2 26 27 2 28 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Seas: 6 94

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} Tonkin, {{ja-rom}} Tonkin
  1. Rōmaji transcription of トンキン Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: トンキン

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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