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Nankin.

Nanjing (the capital city of Jiangsu, China)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

name/nɑ̃.kɛ̃//nan.kin/
  1. Nanjing (the capital city of Jiangsu, China)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Mandarin 南京 (Nánjīng), based on the Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Also see Tonkin and Pékin (“Beijing”).

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