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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A city of east-central China on the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) northwest of Shanghai. The capital of China from the third to the sixth century A.D. and again from 1368 to 1421, it was opened to foreign trade by the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. It was Sun Yat-sen's capital from 1912 to 1927 and Chiang Kai-shek's capital from 1928 to 1937, when it was captured by the Japanese. Reclaimed by Chinese forces in 1946, it is now the capital of Jiangsu province. Population: 2,820,000.
Wiktionary
- n. The capital of the Jiangsu province of eastern People's Republic of China; a former capital of the Republic of China.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a former capital of China.
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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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“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.”
“Banana vending machines are cool and all, but in Nanjing they've got one that sells live crabs.”
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“Banana vending machines are cool and all, but in Nanjing they ve got one that sells live crabs.”
The Huffington Post: Chinese Vending Machine Dispenes Live Shanghai Hairy Crabs
“In the Third Pearl Springs tournament in Nanjing, China, he beat Topalov again with the same defense.”
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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.”
“Xinhua/Zuma Press Visitors enjoyed night scenery of the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, on Oct. 3.”
“A single male in Nanjing recently posted an online message looking for a woman with whom to share his tomb after death.”
“A woman in Nanjing, China fell off a sixth floor balcony and survived thanks to a pile of poop on the ground below.”
“What has been reported about such migrants in Nanjing mirrors the situation of many other mobile people in China.”
88% of China’s Migrant Workers Suffer from Sexual Depression | Impact Lab
“With large numbers of migrant workers from Anhui and Henan provinces, the Xiaguan district in Nanjing has built dozens of cheap apartments which can be rented for 300 yuan (US$37. 5) per month when spouses come to visit.”
88% of China’s Migrant Workers Suffer from Sexual Depression | Impact Lab
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