Nanking

//nænˈkɪŋ// name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of nank form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Nanjing. alt-of, alternative

    "Wherefore he firſt placed his Court at Nanking nee to the bank of that great River of Kiang, which the Chineſſes,in reſpect of the hugh Mountains of water which it diſcharges into the Ocean, call the Son of the Sea :"

Synonyms

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nanjing

Example

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"Wherefore he firſt placed his Court at Nanking nee to the bank of that great River of Kiang, which the Chineſſes,in reſpect of the hugh Mountains of water which it diſcharges into the Ocean, call the Son of the Sea :"

Etymology

From the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 南京, reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].

Related phrases

nankeen heronnankeen kestrelnankeen night heron

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