Etymology

Haojing

Hao·jing
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Today it means: Synonym of Hao, an ancient city in Xi'an, Shaanxi, a former capital of China under the Zhou dynasty. Full definition →

Chinese 鎬京 /镐京
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The story

  1. Chinese · borrowed from鎬京 /镐京“bright capital”
  2. English todayHaojing

From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鎬京 /镐京 (Hàojīng, “bright capital”).

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