Tonkinese

1. not comparableOf or relating to Tonkin, the northern part of Vietnam.

plural Tonkineses

1. in pluralA person from Tonkin.

   The Occidental who lives in that splendid house on the Phù-Cam is married to a Tonkinese. It's more than ten years ago he brought her here. He has never had any second wives. He gave his father-in-law a teakwood coffin.

   1925, Cl Chivas-Baron, Three Women of Annam, page 124

   1 more example

   A great number of Legionaires had married Tonkineses and had children by them. According to French law, a child born on French soil is a citizen of France, whether the father and mother are French or not, so also in Indo-China[…]

   1962, Anuruddha, The Protecting Hand

2. countableA domestic cat of a breed that is a cross between the Siamese and Burmese.

   Do not consider bringing home a Tonkinese unless you have time in your life for games[…]

   2001, Lorraine Shelton, The Guide to Owning a Tonkinese Cat, TFH Publications, →ISBN

   Synonyms: Tonk

1. The language of Tonkin; northern Vietnamese.