Tonkin (disambiguation)
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Tonkin refers to:
- Vietnam
- Đông Kinh, a former name of Hanoi, Vietnam
- Tonkin, the northernmost part of Vietnam
- 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 Zhennan Pass.
- In France, the Sino-French War is termed the Tonkin War.
- Persons
- Anthony Tonkin (b. 1980), English professional football player
- David Tonkin (1929–2000), Premier of South Australia 1979–1982
- 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 1971–1974
- Phoebe Tonkin (contemporary), Australian actress
- William Tonkin (1897–[?]), British copperworker
- Other
- Tonkin Highway, a major arterial road in Perth, Western Australia
- Tonkin Street in Hong Kong
- Tonkinese (cat), cat breed
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