Where does “nankeen” come from?
nankeen (English) comes from English Nanking, from Chinese 南京.
nankeen (English): A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in...
Definitions
- A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in...
Ancestry of “nankeen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Nanking | — |
| 2 | Chinese | 南京 | — |