nanking

Definitions of nanking
  1. noun
    a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
    synonyms: nanjing
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    centre urbain, métropole, ville
    a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
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