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Pekin

Pekin

See also: Pekín, Pékin, and pékin

English

Proper noun

Pekin

  1. Obsolete form of Peking.
  2. A city in Illinois.
  3. A hamlet in New York.
  4. A city/village in North Dakota.

Noun

Pekin (countable and uncountable, plural Pekins)

  1. A type of patterned silk.

Translations


Japanese

Romanization

Pekin

  1. rōmaji reading of ぺきん
  2. rōmaji reading of ペキン

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛkʲin̪/

Proper noun

Pekin m inan

  1. Beijing

Declension

Derived terms

  • pekińczyk m, pekinka f
  • pekiński (adj)