- Tongkingese
- adjective or noun see Tonkin
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
tongkingese — Usage: usually capitalized variant of tonkinese … Useful english dictionary
Tonkin — or Tongking geographical name region N Indochina bordering on China, since 1946 forming N part of Vietnam; chief city Hanoi • Tonkinese or Tongkingese adjective or noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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