Nanking

[ nan-king; Chinese nahn-king ]

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How to use Nanking in a sentence

  • The Manchu colony of Nanking, to the number of some 4000 families, had evidently fallen off from its high renown.

    The Life of Gordon, Volume I | Demetrius Charles Boulger
  • In 1858 their apathy was such that it not merely saved Nanking but played the whole game into the hands of Chung Wang.

    The Life of Gordon, Volume I | Demetrius Charles Boulger

Cultural definitions for Nanking

Nanking

[ (nan-king, nahn-jing) ]


See Nanjing.

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