nankeen
nankeen noun: a type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.
Noun
nankeen (countable and uncountable, plural nankeens)
- A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.
- "Well, I wore my diamond, as you may imagine, and rigged myself in my best clothes, viz. my blue coat and brass buttons before-mentioned, nankeen trousers and silk stockings, a white waistcoat, and a pair of white gloves bought for the occasion."1849, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter V, in The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond, Bradbury and Evans, page 55
- He put on over his shirt his wife's wadded nankeen jacket, and over that he put his own cloth coat.1885, L. and A. Maude (translators), Leo Tolstoy, "What Men Live By", in What Men Live By and Other Tales
nankeen meaning in Bengali
nankeen in Bengali
- নানকিন
Forms of nankeen
| plural | nankeens |
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Origin of nankeen
Eye spelling of Nanking, itself a romanization of Chinese 南京 (Nánjīng, literally “Southern capital”).
Words formed from nankeen
Questions about nankeen
- What does nankeen mean?
- Nankeen means a type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.
- What is nankeen in Bengali?
- Nankeen in Bengali is নানকিন. See Nankeen meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is nankeen?
- Nankeen is a noun.
- What is the plural of nankeen?
- The plural of nankeen is nankeens.
Words near nankeen in the dictionary
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