nankeen
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nankeen
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Eye spelling of Nanking, itself a romanization of Chinese 南京 (Nánjīng, literally “Southern capital”).
noun nankeens
- A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China. "Well, I wore my diamond, as you may imagine, and rigged myself in my best clothes, viz. my blue coat and brass buttons before-mentioned, nankeen trousers and silk stockings, a white waistcoat, and a pair of white gloves bought for the occasion."
Talk about this word "nankeen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nankeen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. nankeen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nankeen "nankeen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nankeen.Cite this
@misc{nankeen_2026,
title = {nankeen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nankeen},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
