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tong-king

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
tong-k-ing
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Tonkin.

Archaic

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Phrases

Gulf of Tong-King

Questions

What does tong-king mean?
Alternative form of Tonkin.
Where does tong-king come from?
It is traced to Vietnamese.

How to pronounce tong-king

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