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Tonkin (, historically ), also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is the northernmost part of Vietnam, south of China's Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces, east of northern Laos, and west of the Gulf of Tonkin. "Tonkin" is a corruption of (東京), the name of Hanoi during the Lê Dynasty. Locally, Tonkin is known as Bắc Kỳ, meaning "Northern Region". The name was later used for French protectorate of Tonkin, a constituent territory of French Indochina. Located on the fertile delta of the Red River, Tonkin is rich in rice production.
Tonkin refers to:
Vietnam:- Đông Kinh, a former name of Hanoi, Vietnam
- Tonkin, the northernmost part of Vietnam
- the French protectorate of Tonkin, the northernmost part of French Indochina
- Gulf of Tonkin, a gulf in the South China Sea
- Gulf of Tonkin Incident, a 1964 naval incident that precipitated the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the 1964 resolution of the US Congress that precipitated the buildup of US forces in Vietnam
- For the Battle of Tonkin and the Tonkin Affair of 1885, see Battle of Bang Bo.
- In France, the Sino-French War is termed the Tonkin War.
- Anthony Tonkin (b. 1980), English footballer
- Arthur Tonkin (politician) (b. 1930), Australian politician
- Arthur Tonkin (rugby union) (1922–1991), Australian rugby player
- David Tonkin (1929–2000), Australian politician
- Felicity Tonkin (b. 1985), daughter of Mark Phillips and Heather Tonkin
- Humphrey Tonkin (b. 1939), American-British professor and Esperantist
- John Tonkin (1902–1995), Australian politician
- Phoebe Tonkin (contemporary), Australian actress
- William Tonkin (1897–[?]), British copperworker
- Tonkin Highway, a major arterial road in Perth, Western Australia
- Tonkin Street in Hong Kong
- Tonkinese (cat), cat breed
- A type of Bamboo (Arundinaria amabilis or Pseudosasa amabilis).
Tonkin, or Bac Kỳ, was a French protectorate encompassing the northern region of Vietnam.
Usage examples of "tonkin".
Tonkin Gulf Resolution, lest Hanoi had been misled by the interpretation Senator Fulbright had given to his fellow Democrats.
The questions had been asked of him down in sick bay by a jaygee who did only a cursory job, being as considerate as he could of a guy just hauled out of the Gulf of Tonkin.
On the very day that Lyndon Johnson was telling the nation in early August 1964 about the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and announcing the bombing of North Vietnam, black and white activists were gathering near Philadelphia, Mississippi, at a memorial service for the three civil rights workers killed there that summer.
From Kadena, Okinawa, the planes would fly daily twelve-hour missions, codenamed Burning Candy and Combat Apple, to the Gulf of Tonkin.
Gulf of Tonkin seems right out of the Operation Northwoods playbook: "