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Tonkin

The English word “Tonkin” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. A former domain in northern Vietnam.
  2. A former protectorate in northern Vietnam, a colony of France.

Etymology

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Thomas.

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