Associations to the word «Nanking»

Wiktionary

NANKING, proper noun. Alternative and older name of Nanjing.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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