Tonkin (disambiguation)

Tonkin is an exonym for Northern Vietnam.

Tonkin may also refer to:

• Đông Kinh, a former name of Hanoi, 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

• Tonkin (surname)
• 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).
• Tokyo