TONKIN


Meaning of TONKIN in English

/ton"kin", tong"-/ , n.

1. a former state in N French Indochina, now part of Vietnam.

2. Gulf of , an arm of the South China Sea, W of Hainan. 300 mi. (485 km) long.

Also, Tongking, Tonking /ton"king", tong"-/ .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .