Nan-ching

From Mandarin 南京 (Nánjīng) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-ching¹.[1]

• enPR: nänʹjǐngʹ

Nan-ching

1. Alternative form of Nanjing
   • 1865, David Field Rennie, M.D., Peking and the Pekingese‎, volume II, London: John Murray, page 42:

     September 6th.-The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the recapture by the Imperial forces of the cities of Woo-tu and Nan-ching, two important rebel posts.

   • 1969, Yi-Fu Tuan, China‎, Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22:

     Aside from the Turfan depression in Hsin-chiang (Sinkiang) province, the hottest part of China lies in the middle and lower Yangtze Valley. Maximum temperatures of 43°-44°C (110°-112°F) have been recorded in Ch'ang-sha and Nan-ching.

   • 1974, John H. Winkelman, The Imperial Library in Southern Sung China, 1127-1279 : A Study of the Organization and Operation of the Scholarly Agencies of the Central Government‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 12:

     Early in the summer of 1127 the emperor was located near the city of Nan-ching just south of the Yangtze River.

   • 2001, Michael Walsh, editor, Dictionary of Christian Biography‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 225:

     In spite of illness he visited many of the missions, taking up residence at Nan-ching (Nanjing) in 1692. He was named vicar apostolic of Shan-hsi, arriving there in May 1701.

• “Nan-ching”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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