Nanjing
geographical name
Nan·jing
| \ ˈnän-ˈjiŋ
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variants:
or Nanking \ ˈnan-ˈkiŋ
, ˈnän- \
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Definition of Nanjing
city in eastern China on the Chang (Yangtze) River population 6,496,000
Note: Nanjing is the capital of the province of Jiangsu and was the capital of China from 1928 to 1937 and from 1946 to 1949.