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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of east-central China on the Yangtze River northwest of Shanghai. An imperial capital and an early capital of the Republic of China, it was the site of a massacre by invading Japanese forces in 1937. The city is now the capital of Jiangsu province.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun a former capital of China.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The capital of the
Jiangsu province of easternPeople's Republic of China ; a former capital of theRepublic of China .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
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Examples
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Xinhua/Zuma Press Visitors enjoyed night scenery of the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, on Oct. 3.
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In the Third Pearl Springs tournament in Nanjing, China, he beat Topalov again with the same defense.
Lubomir Kavalek: Chess Champion's Class Act Lubomir Kavalek 2010
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Banana vending machines are cool and all, but in Nanjing they've got one that sells live crabs.
Chinese Vending Machine Dispenes Live Shanghai Hairy Crabs Eater.com 2010
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A horse-racing track in Nanjing built six years ago has ended its racing days — and now is being used as a parking lot.
China's Car Economy Revs Up Laurie Burkitt 2010
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Banana vending machines are cool and all, but in Nanjing they've got one that sells live crabs.
Chinese Vending Machine Dispenes Live Shanghai Hairy Crabs The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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In the Third Pearl Springs tournament in Nanjing, China, he beat Topalov again with the same defense.
Lubomir Kavalek: Chess Champion's Class Act Lubomir Kavalek 2010
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Researchers Qiang Chen and Tie Jun Cui of Southeast University in Nanjing, China created a device that partially simulates the effects (to a limited scale) of a black hole.
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Banana vending machines are cool and all, but in Nanjing they ve got one that sells live crabs.
Chinese Vending Machine Dispenes Live Shanghai Hairy Crabs Eater.com 2010
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Banana vending machines are cool and all, but in Nanjing they've got one that sells live crabs.
Chinese Vending Machine Dispenes Live Shanghai Hairy Crabs The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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A single male in Nanjing recently posted an online message looking for a woman with whom to share his tomb after death.
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