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tonkin

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tonkin.

Editorial note

Has this been definitively attributed to NK by independent sources, or is this the cyber-Gulf of Tonkin incident?

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Quick take

A surname transferred from the given name.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tonkin gathered in one view.

noun

A surname transferred from the given name.

noun

Ellipsis of the Gulf of Tonkin: a gulf in northern Vietnam.

noun

Ellipsis of Gulf of Tonkin incident, a 1964 event used to increase US involvement in the Vietnamese Civil War.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tonkin.

noun

A surname transferred from the given name.

noun

Ellipsis of the Gulf of Tonkin: a gulf in northern Vietnam.

noun

Ellipsis of Gulf of Tonkin incident, a 1964 event used to increase US involvement in the Vietnamese Civil War.

noun

(historical) A former kingdom in northern Vietnam.

Example sentences

1

Has this been definitively attributed to NK by independent sources, or is this the cyber-Gulf of Tonkin incident?

2

The US government lied about the Tonkin incident, therefore the Nasa never landed on the moon?

3

About the Gulf of Tonkin incident McNamara claims that he and Johnson didn't believe the U.

4

Second gulf of Tonkin incident famously used to justify the Vietnam war never actually happened.

5

However, I must reiterate, this smells like a wag the dog or a Gulf of Tonkin type situation.

6

Under inadvertent stuff one could add the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

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On November 30, 2005, the NSA released the first installment of previously classified information regarding the Gulf of Tonkin incident, including a moderately sanitized version of Mr.

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Or, look at the Gulf of Tonkin Incident deniers.

9

Open-ended declarations of war are, of course, extremely problematic and open to abuse, which is one of the reasons the last notable one (the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution) was repealed.

10

Fog of War is one of my favorite documentaries, but McNamara is not honest about two key incidents - the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident.

11

But what can you expect of arrogant superpower which, in good old nazi-style stages an incident in Tonkin bay to start whole war, did regularly carpet bombardement of major cities (which automatically means blowing thousands of kids, women, elderly etc.

12

This, and previous history with accidents like the one in The Gulf of Tonkin [7], we have every right to be skeptical about western claims that are not supported by strong evidence.

Quote examples

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> conspiracy theorists The Gulf of Tonkin being used as a lie to manipulate Americans into the Viet Nam War is historical fact, not a "theory".

2

From the Gulf of Tonkin; to "weapons of mass destruction"; to Iran Contra and the allegations the US knew about (and helped) Saddam use chemical weapons on Iran (claimed to be equivalent to a conspiracy theory at the time, turns out it was completely true).

Proper noun examples

1

Within 60 years, the French colonized Vietnam and split it into Cochinchine, Tonkin, and Annam.

2

Did you know they sank a patrol boat in the golf of Tonkin?

3

And for me as well, Bay-of-Tonkin is something out of the history books, that would have been covered in minutes (maybe it is given more attention in US schools) and never mentioned again.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tonkin in a sentence?

Has this been definitively attributed to NK by independent sources, or is this the cyber-Gulf of Tonkin incident?

What does tonkin mean?

A surname transferred from the given name.

What part of speech is tonkin?

tonkin is commonly used as noun.