Meanings
proper noun
- alternativeAlternative form of Anqing.
Weighed anchor early and came down to Ngankin or Anching as it is now generally called.
1908 October 22, Henry Bridgeman, “The Diary of Hon Henry Bridgeman”, in I Remember it Well: The Diaries, Recollections and Art of Three Generations over Three Centuries, published 2015, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1711 more example
Early Thursday morning we passed the fine old city of Ngankin, the capital of Nganhwui province, which we entered, not far from it.
1895, Helen S. Coan Nevius, “Trip Up the Yang-tse-kiang”, in The Life of John Livingston Nevius: For Forty Years a Missionary in China, Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page 252
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