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語源 1

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Thomas.

固有名詞

Tonkin (plural Tonkins)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tonkin is the 15418 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1900 individuals. Tonkin is most common among White (94.68%) individuals.

語源 2

From French Tonkin, from Vietnamese Đông Kinh (“Hanoi; its former kingdom”), from đông (“east, eastern”) + kinh (“capital”), from Middle Chinese 東京 (tuwng kjaeng), q.v.

Cognate, through Middle Chinese, of Tokyo.

固有名詞

Tonkin

1. (archaic) Synonym of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
2. (historical) A former kingdom in northern Vietnam.
3. (historical) A former protectorate in northern Vietnam, a colony of France.
4. Ellipsis of the Gulf of Tonkin: a gulf in northern Vietnam.
5. Ellipsis of Gulf of Tonkin incident, a 1964 event used to increase US involvement in the Vietnamese Civil War.

別の表記

• (archaic) Tonquin, Tong-King

派生語

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tonkin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

アナグラム

• inknot, kinnot