Nanjing

alternative dated historical Nanking · alternative Nan-ching · alternative Nanching · alternative obsolete Nankin · alternative obsolete Nanquin

1. A major subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China, on the lower Yangtze; a former capital of China.

   Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman Morris Chang will sign a contract with the government of the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing to carry out the largest Taiwanese investment in China, Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) reported today.

   2016 March 28, “Taiwanese semiconductor company announces large investment in China”, in EFE, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2022

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   That Riuer of Nanquin which I called (Yamſu or) Ianſu, the ſonne of the Sea, goeth Northward to Nanquin, and then returning ſomewhat Southward, runneth into the Sea with great force; fortie myles from which it paſſeth by Nanquin. And that from hence to Pequin there might bee paſſage by Riuers, the Kings of China haue deriued a large Channell from this to another Riuer, called the Yellow Riuer, ſuch being the colour of that troubled water. This is the other famous Riuer of that Kingdome, in greatneſſe and note, which ariſesth without the Kingdome to the Weſt, out of the Hill Cunlun, conjectured to bee the ſame whence Ganges ariſeth, or one neere to it.

   [1625, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes, volume III, London, →OCLC, page 340

   For the first time on Saturday, China held a national day of remembrance on the 77th anniversary of Japanese atrocities committed in the city of Nanjing in the run-up to World War II. President Xi Jinping led the commemorations in front of a crowd of some 10,000 people, among whom were survivors or relatives of victims of the "Rape of Nanking," a six-week reign of terror during which the Imperial Japanese Army carried out mass killings and rapes.

   2014 December 13, “China's Xi: Nanjing massacre undeniable”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2016, Asia

   Synonyms: Jiangning

2. historicalinformalSynonym of Jiangnan, Nanzhili, Liangjiang, etc. as imperial Chinese provinces or viceroyalties administered from Nanjing.

   Synonyms: Jiangnan, Nanzhili, Liangjiang

3. historicalVarious other Chinese cities during periods when they acted as a southern capital of a kingdom or imperial dynasty.