Associations to the word «Nanking»
Noun
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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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