Tonkin

[ ton-kin, tong- ]

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noun

a former state in northern French Indochina, now part of Vietnam.
Gulf of Tonkin, an arm of the South China Sea, west of Hainan. 300 miles (485 km) long.

Tonkin

/ ˈtɒŋˈkɪŋ; ˈtɒnˈkɪn /

a former state of N French Indochina (1883–1946), on the Gulf of Tonkin: forms the largest part of N Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
an arm of the South China Sea, bordered by N Vietnam, the Leizhou Peninsula of SW China, and Hainan Island. Length: about 500 km (300 miles)

Similarly, the second Gulf of Tonkin attack on American warships on August 4, 1964, was used to escalate American involvement in Vietnam.

“Because Eric Frein was arrested tonight, the children can go on and have Halloween tomorrow,” Tonkin noted.

Tonkin said he expected Frein to be brought before a judge sometime on Friday, which happens to be Halloween.

Think military advisors, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and mission creep.

Conspiracy theorists muttered about a Gulf of Tonkin situation where a naval incident could be a pretext for wider hostilities.

His appeal had no immediate result, and he then prepared to return to Tonkin, but he received an order to go elsewhere.

He set sail again, but was driven ashore on the Island of Formosa and never reached Tonkin.

You have disapproved a small expedition to Tonkin and we are a little more serious than the Tonkinese.

In the cup, Tonkin coffee is thought by French traders to compare favorably with Mocha.

From the mountain-tops which formed their original kingdom they have penetrated into Tonkin, Annam and the region of the lakes.

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