TONGKING

Meaning of TONGKING in English

/tong"king"/ , n.

Tonkin.

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TONGKING — geographical name see: Tonkin
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONGKING — see Tonkin
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONKIN — or Tongking geographical name region N Indochina bordering on China, since 1946 forming N part of Vietnam; chief city Hanoi …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONKINESE — I. |täŋkə|nēz, -ēs adjective or tong·king·ese -kiŋ|ēz, -ēs Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Tonkin, Tongking, northern part of Vietnam + English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONKIN — /ton"kin", tong"-/ , n. 1. a former state in N French Indochina, now part of Vietnam. 2. Gulf of , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONKIN — also spelled Tongking, northern Vietnam during the French colonial period. The term Tonkin was never officially used by the Vietnamese …
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RIEBEECK, JAN VAN — born April 21, 1619, Culemborg, Neth. died Jan. 18, 1677, Batavia, Dutch East Indies [now Jakarta, Indon.] in full Jan …
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NANCHAO — Tai kingdom that arose in the 8th century in western Yunnan Province in southern China, a region to which the …
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