Etymology

Anking

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Mandarin 安慶 /安庆
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from安慶 /安庆
  2. English todayAnking

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 安慶 /安庆 (Ānqìng), from before the modern palatalization of [kʰ] to [t͡ɕʰ].

Words from the same roots

Mandarin安慶 all →

Anqing

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