Nanking
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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On his tour, Mr Neogi shows participants the building which housed the first posh restaurant - Nanking - in the 1920s.
From BBC
Remaining on campus, he graduated from Smith Theological Seminary three years later and departed for China, teaching English and Bible classes at the University of Nanking.
From Washington Post
A man from Nanking, China studying at the university in Venice struck up a conversation.
From Washington Times
The creature slips down a manhole and finds, in the bowels of Tokyo, a tattered imperial flag, grenades from the Sino-Japanese War, and a sign supporting the imperial forces of Nanking.
From The New Yorker
Jao had worked as Topping’s assistant in Nanjing, then known as Nanking.
From Seattle Times
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