ALL meanings of nanjing
Nan·jing
N n - noun nanjing a maritime province in E China. 40,927 sq. mi. (106,001 sq. km). Capital: Nanjing. 1
- noun nanjing a port in E central China, capital of Jiangsu province, on the Yangtze River: capital of the Chinese empire and a literary centre from the 14th to 17th centuries; capital of Nationalist China (1928–37); site of a massacre of about 300 000 civilians by the invading Japanese army in 1937; university (1928). Pop: 2 806 000 (2005 est) 0
- noun nanjing city in E China, on the Chang; capital of Jiangsu province: pop. 2,091,000 0