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Pequim
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Portuguese
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Etymology
pt cmn 北京, specifically the Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca) Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].Kaske Elisabeth The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919 https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=okhrBBmnHVQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9789004163676&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=peking&f=false 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV Leiden 978-90-04-16367-6 52 pt Beijing. Compare es Pekín, fr Pékin, en Peking, nl Peking.
Pronunciation
Pequim
pt Pe quim
Proper noun
pt direct-administered municipality/capital city c/China Beijing
pt Beijing
1552, Franciscus Xaverius, "Letter to Didaco Perriera," 12 Nov 1552. Epistolae S. Francisci Xaverii aliaque eius scripta, vol. 2.
pt porque se à China vou em hum de dous lugares me parece que me há de achar, ou hé estarei captivo no tronco de Cantāo, ou he estarei no Paquim, donde dizem que continuadamente está el-Rey. If you go to China, you will find me either a captive in Cantāo [Guangzhou] or in Paquim [Beijing], where they say the king resides.)
Derived terms
pt pequinês
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