Associations to the word «Nanjing»

Wiktionary

NANJING, proper noun. The capital of the Jiangsu province of eastern People's Republic of China; a former capital of the Republic of China.

Dictionary definition

NANJING, noun. A city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s.

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