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Nanquin

Nanquin is the obsolete form of Nanjing.

Meaning of Nanjing

Proper noun

Nanjing

  1. A major subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China, on the lower Yangtze; a former capital of China.
    • That Riuer of Nanquin which I called (Yamſu or) Ianſu, the ſonne of the Sea, goeth Northward to Nanquin, and then returning ſomewhat Southward, runneth into the Sea with great force; fortie myles from which it paſſeth by Nanquin. And that from hence to Pequin there might bee paſſage by Riuers, the...[1625, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes, volume III, London, →OCLC, page 340
    Synonyms:
    Jiangning
  2. (historical, informal) Synonym of Jiangnan, Nanzhili, Liangjiang, etc. as imperial Chinese provinces or viceroyalties administered from Nanjing.
  3. (historical) Various other Chinese cities during periods when they acted as a southern capital of a kingdom or imperial dynasty.

Questions about Nanquin

What is Nanquin the obsolete form of?
Nanquin is the obsolete form of Nanjing.

Words near Nanquin in the dictionary

  1. Nanpiao
  2. nanpie
  3. nanpies
  4. Nanping
  5. nanpingite
  6. Nanquin
  7. Nanri
  8. nans
  9. Nansana
  10. Nansemond
  11. Nansemonds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Nanquin (page history and authors); Nanjing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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