Where does “Tonquim” come from?

Tonquim (Portuguese) comes from French Tonkin, from Vietnamese Đông Kinh, from Middle Chinese 東 — east.

Tonquim (Portuguese): Tonkin, the northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region

Definitions

  1. Tonkin, the northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region

Ancestry of “Tonquim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchTonkinthe northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region
2VietnameseĐông Kinha rural commune in Thái Bình, Vietnam
3Middle Chinese東east

Words derived from “Tonquim”

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