Nankin

See also: nankin

English

Proper noun

Nankin

  1. Obsolete form of Nanking, former name of Nanjing: a prefecture-level city, the capital of Jiangsu, China.
    • 1872, C. M. Brown, L. Gates, Scissors and Yardstick‎[2], 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.
    • 1891, A. Egmont Hake, “Events Connected with the Taeping Rebellion”, in Events in the Taeping Rebellion‎[3], London: W. H. Allen and Co. Ltd., page 99:
      The Ming Dynasty reigned till the year 1644, but the last thirty years of their government was a period of continual strife between the Government (who had moved the capital from Nankin to Pekin) and the barbarous tribes of Manchu Tartars on the frontiers, and with insurrections in the interior.
    • 1922 December, “Dr. Mary B. Treudley to Edit Magazine”, in Ohio University Bulletin‎[4], 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.

Further reading

French

Alternative forms

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

  1. Nanjing (the capital city of Jiangsu, China)

References

  1. ^ Kaske, Elisabeth (2008), The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919‎[1], Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →ISBN, page 52

Japanese

Romanization

Nankin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なんきん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ナンキン
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