noun
a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
• Syn: ↑Nanjing
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
• Part Holonyms:
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\(ˈ)nan|kiŋ\ adjectiveUsage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Nanking, China
: of or from the city of Nanking, China : of the kind or style prevalent in Nanking
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Nanjing.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.