I. |täŋkə|nēz, -ēs adjective
or tong·king·ese -kiŋ|ēz, -ēs
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Tonkin, Tongking, northern part of Vietnam + English -ese
: of or relating to Tonkin
II. noun
or tongkingese “
( plural tonkinese or tongkingese )
1. capitalized : a native of Tonkin
2. usually capitalized : a dialect of Vietnamese spoken in Tonkin
III. noun
( plural tonkinese )
Usage: usually capitalized
: any of a breed of short-haired cats developed in the United States by crossing the Siamese with the Burmese that have a brown, bluish gray, or beige body coat with darker points and blue-green eyes