Nanjing (English, name)
expansion: Nanjing
Senses:
glosses: A major subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China, on the lower Yangtze; a former capital of China.
glosses: Synonym of Jiangnan, Nanzhili, Liangjiang, etc. as imperial Chinese provinces or viceroyalties administered from Nanjing.
tags: historical
informal
glosses: Various other Chinese cities during periods when they acted as a southern capital of a kingdom or imperial dynasty.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: Nanking
tags: alternative
dated
historical
form: Nan-ching
tags: alternative
form: Nanching
tags: alternative
form: Nankin
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: Nanquin
tags: alternative
obsolete