"nankeen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nankeens [plural]
Etymology: Eye spelling of Nanking, itself a romanization of Chinese 南京 (Nánjīng, literally “Southern capital”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|南京|lit=Southern capital|tr=Nánjīng}} Chinese 南京 (Nánjīng, literally “Southern capital”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nankeen (countable and uncountable, plural nankeens)
  1. A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China. Wikipedia link: nankeen Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Textiles Derived forms: nankeen kestrel (taxonomic: Falco cenchroides), nankeen night heron (alt: also nankeen bird, nankeen crane, nankeen heron) (taxonomic: Nycticorax caledonicus)

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