city in China, literally "southern capital," from Chinese nan "south" + jing "capital."
Entries linking to nanking
Beijing
Chinese capital, from bei "north" + jing "capital" (as opposed to Nanking, literally "southern capital").
nankeen n.
kind of cotton cloth, originally usually yellow, 1755, from Nanking, China, where it originally was made. Also "trousers or breeches made of nankeen" (1806).