Tonkin (disambiguation)

Tonkin refers to:

Vietnam

 * Đông Kinh, a former name of Hanoi, Vietnam
 * Tonkin, an exonym for northern 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

People

 * Anthony Tonkin (b. 1980), English footballer
 * Arthur Tonkin (politician) (1930–2022), Australian politician
 * Arthur Tonkin (rugby union) (1922–1991), Australian rugby player
 * David Tonkin (1929–2000), Premier of South Australia
 * Felicity Tonkin (b. 1985), daughter of Mark Phillips and Heather Tonkin
 * Humphrey Tonkin (b. 1939), American-British professor and Esperantist
 * John Tonkin (1902–1995), Premier of Western Australia
 * Michael Tonkin (b. 1989), American professional baseball player
 * Phoebe Tonkin (b. 1989), Australian actress

Other

 * 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