Gulf of Tong-King

English edit

Proper noun edit

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.