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Nan-ching

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  1. 1
    Alternative form of Nanjing. alt-of, alternative

    "September 6th.—The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the recapture by the Imperial forces of the cities of Woo-tu and Nan-ching, two important rebel posts."

Etymology

From Mandarin 南京 (Nánjīng) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-ching¹.

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