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Gulf of Tonkin

Gulf of Tonkin

 
pronunciation:
guhlf v tang kIn [or] guhlf v tan kIn
part of speech: noun
definition: a shallow arm of the South China Sea lying between Vietnam and China, purportedly the site of North Vietnamese attacks on US ships that precipitated the United States' entry into the Vietnam War in 1964.