Nanking
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- proper noun
- /ˈnæŋkɪŋ/
- We met in Nanking.
- rape of Nanking
- Treaty of Nanking
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- I always, I don't know why I keep mixing it, just making sure the rape of Nanking.
Examples
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But they they captured a city called Nanking on the South of the Yangtze River.
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The Chinese government in Nanking (Nanjing) decreed the resumption of Chinese nationality for the Taiwanese people on 1 October 1949.
Academic text (1999) -
Remember instead the very real Japanese crimes in Nanking, and do everything you can to avoid war.
Blog text (4) -
Nationalist troops have taken Nanking.
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December 10th, 1939, in the hills outside Nanking, China...
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Three months later, Japanese armies were besieging the provisional capital at Nanking.
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After the Treaty of Nanking was signed in 1842, southern China became a stable source of labor for European colonies in Southeast Asia.
Academic text (1993) -
Zhang establishes his one party government in Nanking, a former capital of the Ming Dynasty.
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The imperial capital Peking and major hubs such as Nanking and Canton are among the greatest cities in the world.
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The Nanjing Massacre occurred in Nanking in 1937.
Synonyms
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A large city in eastern China on the Yangtze River
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nanking is an older English name for the Chinese city now usually called Nanjing; the name breaks into Chinese parts Nan 'south' and jing 'capital'. So it literally means 'southern capital', which helps explain why it was once the capital of China.