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Nanjingese

Nanjingese adjective: of or related to Nanjing, China.

Adjective

Nanjingese (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to Nanjing, China.

Proper noun

Nanjingese

  1. Synonym of Jianghuai Mandarin generally.
    Synonyms:
    Jianghuai Mandarin generally
  2. The specific dialect of Jianghuai Mandarin spoken in Nanjing.
  3. (historical) The dialect(s) of Wu formerly used by the people of Nanjing.

Noun

Nanjingese pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The people of Nanjing, China, (particularly) the local Chinese of the area.
    Synonyms:
    Nanjinger, Nankinese, Nankingese

Synonyms of Nanjingese

Origin of Nanjingese

From Nanjing + -ese, after Chinese, Shanghainese, etc.

Questions about Nanjingese

What does Nanjingese mean?
Nanjingese means of or related to Nanjing, China.
What part of speech is Nanjingese?
Nanjingese can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Nanjingese in the dictionary

  1. Nanjinad
  2. Nanjing
  3. Nanjing cherry
  4. Nanjinger
  5. Nanjingers
  6. Nanjingese
  7. Nanjō
  8. nank
  9. Nankai
  10. Nankan
  11. Nankang

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