Tonkin

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Thomas.

Tonkin (plural Tonkins)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tonkin is the 15418^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1900 individuals. Tonkin is most common among White (94.68%) individuals.

Borrowed from French Tonkin.

Tonkin

1. (history) The northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region
2. A gulf in northern Vietnam: the Gulf of Tonkin
3. The Gulf of Tonkin incident, in 1964

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tonkin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• inknot, kinnot

• Tonking (obsolete)

From Vietnamese Đông Kinh, a former name for Hanoi. Also see Pékin (“Beijing”) and Nankin (“Nanjing”).

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃.kɛ̃/

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1. (history) the northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region
2. A gulf in northern Vietnam: the Gulf of Tonkin

• English: Tonkin

• Annam
• Cochinchine