Tonkin (disambiguation)
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Tonkin refers to:
Vietnam
[edit]- Đông Kinh, a former name of Hanoi, Vietnam
- Tonkin, an exonym for northern Vietnam
- the French protectorate of Tonkin, the northern 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
- In France, the Sino-French War (1884–1885) is termed the Tonkin War.
- the Tonkin Affair, a political crisis in France
People
[edit]- Anthony Tonkin (b. 1980), English footballer
- Arthur Tonkin (politician) (1930–2022), Australian politician
- Arthur Tonkin (rugby union) (1922–1991), Australian rugby player
- David Tonkin (1929–2000), Premier of South Australia
- Felicity Tonkin (b. 1985), daughter of Mark Phillips and Heather Tonkin
- Humphrey Tonkin (b. 1939), American-British professor and Esperantist
- John Tonkin (1902–1995), Premier of Western Australia
- Michael Tonkin (b. 1989), American professional baseball player
- Phoebe Tonkin (b. 1989), Australian actress
Other
[edit]- Tonkin Highway, a major arterial road in Perth, Western Australia
- Tonkin Railway in Switzerland
- Tonkin Street in Hong Kong
- Tonkinese cat, cat breed
- A type of Bamboo (Arundinaria amabilis or Pseudosasa amabilis).
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