Pekin

Pekín Pékin pékin English Etymology Compare es Pekín, pt Pequim, nl Peking, fr Pékin, de Peking, it Pechino. Pronunciation pēʹkǐn Proper noun en Peking. en 1834 1761 The Interest of Great Britain considered, with regard to her Colonies, and the Acquisitions of Canada and Guadoloupe. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin https://archive.org/details/membenfrank02frankrich/ II Philadelphia McCarty & Davis 22645948 198 https://archive.org/details/membenfrank02frankrich/page/198/ 2 The same country furnishes me with another instance of extended inland commerce. It is found worth while to keep up a mercantile communication between Pekin in China, and Petersburgh. And none of these instances of inland commerce exceed those of the courses by which, at several periods, the whole of the trade of the East was carried on. en https://archive.org/details/cu31924023981719/ 1889 Tribulations of a Chinaman in China The Adventures of a Chinaman in China w:Jules Verne Virginia Champlin w:Lee and Shepard 16 His father, Tchoung-Heou, was living at Pekin when he was born ; and he was six years old when the former settled at Shang-hai. en 1916 w:William Howard Taft Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers https://archive.org/details/ourchiefmagistra00taftuoft/ New York w:Columbia University Press 976488509 7058356M 114–115 https://archive.org/details/ourchiefmagistra00taftuoft/page/114/ The importance of the President in our foreign relations, when his power in that regard is considered in connection with his duty to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, and with his duty as Commander-in-Chief to direct the movements of the Army and Navy, may be noted in the authority which President McKinley exercised to take part in the so-called "Boxer War," in China. The lawless uprising in that ancient Empire against foreigners, which for the time being overthrew the power of the Imperial Government, exposed to danger the lives of the diplomatic representatives of foreign nations at Pekin, and brought about the murder of one of them. Uniting with other governments, President McKinley, without express Congressional authority, ordered the land and naval forces of the United States into a campaign to rescue the foreign legations which were besieged in Pekin. en 1959 December Talking of Trains: Five trains to Hanoi Trains Illustrated 579 If you have seventeen days and £168 to spare, can satisfy the Iron Curtain authorities of your bona fides and your taste runs to marathon rail travel, you can now board the "Night Ferry" at Victoria and ride across the whole of Europe and Asia to Hanoi, capital of North Viet-Nam, changing carriage only at Brussels, Berlin, Moscow and Pekin. en 1970 Earthquakes Annual summary of information on natural disasters 1966 https://archive.org/details/annualsummaryofi1966unse/ Belgium w:Unesco 1148058670 26 https://archive.org/details/annualsummaryofi1966unse/page/26/ https://books.google.com/books?id=lBdOAQAAIAAJ Little detailed information is available on the series of violent shocks which occurred in Hopeh province, north-eastern China, in March 1966. The earthquake of 7 March (No. 184), whose epicentre was located in the region of Hsing-t'ai, about 400 km south-west of Pekin, probably caused extensive damage since the magnitude was 7 and the focus shallow. The New China agency reported 'various degrees of damage' in about thirty communes. The shock of 22 March (No. 185) was even more violent; its epicentre was near that of the previous shock, and it was felt over a wide area, including Pekin, 300 km away. en city/county seat co/Tazewell County s/Illinois. en hamlet s/New York. en city/and/village s/North Dakota. Related terms en Pekin duck en Pekinese Noun ~ A type of patterned silk. Translations patterned fabric French: fr pékin m References Anagrams en eiknp Kneip Knipe Azerbaijani Proper noun az proper noun az direct-administered municipality/capital city c/China Beijing Japanese Romanization ぺきん ペキン Polish Pronunciation Pl-Pekin.ogg Proper noun m-in pl direct-administered municipality/capital city c/China Beijing Declension <m.inan.sg> Derived terms pl adjective pekiński pl nouns pekińczyk pekinka Further reading pl exonyms Turkish tr: Pronunciation tr [ˈpe.cin] Proper noun tr direct-administered municipality/capital city c/China Beijing Declension