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Nanking

American  
[nan-king, nahn-king] / ˈnænˈkɪŋ, ˈnɑnˈkɪŋ /

noun

Older Spelling.
  1. Nanjing.


Nanking Cultural  
  1. See Nanjing.


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 • Nov. 25, 2023

She wrote the screenplay for “Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl,” set during the Cultural Revolution, and the source novella for “The Flowers of War,” a 2011 film starring Christian Bale about the Rape of Nanking.

From Washington Post • May 27, 2021

When Topping departed Nanking, he left Jao the keys to the AP bureau.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2019

The treaty of Nanking in 1842 ceded Hong Kong to the British.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2017

But in the upper valley, from Nanking to Hankow and above, I could not find the slightest evidence of enforcement.

From Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse by Merwin, Samuel

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