Gulf of Tong-King

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English

Proper noun

the Gulf of Tong-King

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of Gulf of Tonkin.
    • 1927, Wilfred H. Schoff translating Marcian of Heraclea as Periplus of the Outer Sea..., p. 49:
      The sailing-course beyond the Ganges to the "country of the Sinae", as stated, would very nearly reach the Gulf of Tong-King.