Nanjing
or Nan·ching
[ nahn-jing ]
/ ˈnɑnˈdʒɪŋ /
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noun Pinyin.
a port in and the capital of Jiangsu province, in eastern China, on the Chang Jiang: a former capital of China.
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Also (Older Spelling) Nan·king [nan-king; Chinese nahn-king] /ˈnænˈkɪŋ; Chinese ˈnɑnˈkɪŋ/ .
Words nearby Nanjing
nang, Nanga Parbat, Nanhai, nanism, nanite, Nanjing, nankeen, nankeen lily, Nanking, Nan Ling, Nanna
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British Dictionary definitions for Nanjing
Nanjing
Nanking (ˈnænˈkɪŋ) or Nan-ching
/ (ˈnænˈdʒɪŋ) (ˈnænˈtʃɪŋ) /
noun
a port in E central China, capital of Jiangsu province, on the Yangtze River: capital of the Chinese empire and a literary centre from the 14th to 17th centuries; capital of Nationalist China (1928–37); site of a massacre of about 300 000 civilians by the invading Japanese army in 1937; university (1928). Pop: 2 806 000 (2005 est)
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Cultural definitions for Nanjing
Nanjing
City in eastern China on the Yangtze River, northeast of Shanghai; an industrial and transportation center.
notes for Nanjing
China's imperial capital on several occasions, it was made capital of the Republic of China by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 after the Chinese Revolution, by Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 to 1937, and again from 1946 to 1949.
notes for Nanjing
During the Second Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s, Nanjing was the scene of a Japanese massacre (the Rape of Nanking) and became the seat of a puppet regime established by the Japanese.
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