"Nan-ching" meaning in English

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          "text": "September 6th.-The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the recapture by the Imperial forces of the cities of Woo-tu and Nan-ching, two important rebel posts.",
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          "ref": "1969, Yi-Fu Tuan, China, Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22:",
          "text": "Aside from the Turfan depression in Hsin-chiang (Sinkiang) province, the hottest part of China lies in the middle and lower Yangtze Valley. Maximum temperatures of 43°-44°C (110°-112°F) have been recorded in Ch'ang-sha and Nan-ching.",
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          "text": "Early in the summer of 1127 the emperor was located near the city of Nan-ching just south of the Yangtze River.",
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          "text": "In spite of illness he visited many of the missions, taking up residence at Nan-ching (Nanjing) in 1692. He was named vicar apostolic of Shan-hsi, arriving there in May 1701.",
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