Chungking

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  1. 1
    Dated form of Chongqing. alt-of, dated

    "In the Province of Suchue, near to Chungking, grow certain Flowers called Meutang, in high eſteem amongſt them, and therefore called the King of Flowers."

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chongqing

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"In the Province of Suchue, near to Chungking, grow certain Flowers called Meutang, in high eſteem amongſt them, and therefore called the King of Flowers."

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 重慶 /重庆 (Chóngqìng), from before the modern palatalization of [kʰ] to [t͡ɕʰ].

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