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English
Proper noun
Nankin
- Obsolete form of Nanking. Synonym of Nanjing
1872, C. M. Brown, L. Gates, Scissors and Yardstick, Hartford, Conn., page 44:NANKEEN
A cotton fabric, of firm texture, woven plain. It is made principally at Nankin, China, from which place it derives its name.
1922 December, “Dr. Mary B. Treudley to Edit Magazine”, in Ohio University Bulletin, volume XVIII, number 29, Athens, Ohio, page 5:Dr. Treudley will assist in the editing of the magazine until August, 1923, when she leaves for Nankin, China, to teach in Ginling College.
References
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 南京 (Nánjīng), based on the Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.[1] Also see Tonkin and Pékin (“Beijing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɑ̃.kɛ̃/, /nan.kin/
Proper noun
Nankin f
- Nanjing (the capital city of Jiangsu, China)
References
- ^ Kaske, Elisabeth (2008) The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →ISBN, page 52
Japanese
Romanization
Nankin
- Rōmaji transcription of なんきん
- Rōmaji transcription of ナンキン