Where does “Nankin” come from?

Nankin (French) comes from Chinese 南京.

Nankin (French): Nanjing

Definitions

  1. Nanjing

Ancestry of “Nankin”, step by step

Nankin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 南京

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese南京

via Chinese Mandarin 南京

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin南京

Words derived from “Nankin

Every word from Chinese 南京
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