Tong-King

English

Etymology

From irregular romanization of Vietnamese Đông Kinh (“Hanoi; its former kingdom”), from đông (“east, eastern”) + kinh (“capital”), from Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng) + 京 (kjaeng), q.v.

Proper noun

Tong-King

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of Tonkin.

Derived terms

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