Nankin

nankin English Proper noun en @obsolete form of:Nanking @former name of:Nanjing prefecture-level city/capital p/Jiangsu c/China. en https://archive.org/details/scissorsyardstic00brow/ 1872 C. M. Brown; L. Gates Scissors and Yardstick Hartford, Conn. 44 https://archive.org/details/scissorsyardstic00brow/page/44/ NANKEENA cotton fabric, of firm texture, woven plain. It is made principally at Nankin, China, from which place it derives its name. en 1891 w:A. Egmont Hake Events Connected with the Taeping Rebellion Events in the Taeping Rebellion https://archive.org/details/cu31924023126729/ London W. H. Allen and Co. Ltd. 99 https://archive.org/details/cu31924023126729/page/99/ The Ming Dynasty reigned till the year 1644, but the last thirty years of their government was a period of continual strife between the Government (who had moved the capital from Nankin to Pekin) and the barbarous tribes of Manchu Tartars on the frontiers, and with insurrections in the interior. en 1922 December Dr. Mary B. Treudley to Edit Magazine https://archive.org/details/ohiouniversitybu1829ohio/ Ohio University Bulletin XVIII 29 Athens, Ohio 5 https://archive.org/details/ohiouniversitybu1829ohio/page/5/ Dr. Treudley will assist in the editing of the magazine until August, 1923, when she leaves for Nankin, China, to teach in Ginling College. Further reading French Alternative forms fr Nan-King obsolete Etymology fr cmn - 南京, based on the Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca) Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.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 Also see fr Tonkin and fr Pékin Beijing. Pronunciation Na_nki_n Proper noun f fr capital city p/Jiangsu c/China Nanjing References Japanese Romanization なんきん ナンキン