Tianjing

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Tianjing

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 天京 (Tiānjīng).

proper noun T'ien-ching

historical Synonym of Nanjing. On February 18, 1853, Chiu-chiang fell to the rebels, who went on to take Anking. Less than a month later, on March 19, the Taiping forces captured the beautiful city of Nanking, which was renamed T'ien-ching (Heavenly Capital) to commemorate the occasion.
Similar: Nanjing

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name capital of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

中文	天京 Tiānjīng

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@misc{tianjing_2026,
  title = {Tianjing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tianjing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}