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Nanking

noun

a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s

• Syn: ↑Nanjing

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center

• Part Holonyms:

↑China, ↑People's Republic of China, ↑mainland China, ↑Communist China, ↑Red China, ↑PRC, ↑Cathay

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\(ˈ)nan|kiŋ\ adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: from Nanking, China

: of or from the city of Nanking, China : of the kind or style prevalent in Nanking

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/nan"king"/; Chin. /nahn"king"/, n. Older Spelling.

Nanjing.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.