"Nankin" meaning in All languages combined

See Nankin on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Nankin
  1. Obsolete form of Nanking. Synonym of Nanjing Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: Nanking. Synonym of Nanjing
    Sense id: en-Nankin-en-name-5UC~uwmy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 57 43 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44 0 0

Proper name [French]

IPA: /nɑ̃.kɛ̃/, /nan.kin/
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 南京 (Nánjīng), based on the Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Also see Tonkin and Pékin (“Beijing”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|cmn|-}} Borrowed from Mandarin, {{zh-l|南京}} 南京 (Nánjīng) Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|f}} Nankin f
  1. Nanjing (the capital city of Jiangsu, China) Wikipedia link: Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Cities in China, Cities in Jiangsu, Nanjing, Places in China, Places in Jiangsu Synonyms: Nan-King [obsolete]

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} Nankin
  1. Rōmaji transcription of なんきん Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: なんきん
    Sense id: en-Nankin-ja-romanization-VI9UEHZz Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese romanizations, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese romanizations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 50 50
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ナンキン Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: ナンキン
    Sense id: en-Nankin-ja-romanization-OYkL0uPo Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese romanizations, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese romanizations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 50 50

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for Nankin meaning in All languages combined (3.6kB)

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