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Nanjing (disambiguation)

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Nanjing means "southern capital" and is the name of the current capital of Jiangsu Province and a former capital of China.

Nanjing, and romanizations Nanking, Nan-ching, and Nankin may also refer to:

Places

  • Nanjing (Liao Dynasty), the historical name for Beijing during the Liao dynasty
  • Nanjing, a historical name for Kaifeng
  • Nanjing, a historical name for Shangqiu during the Northern Song dynasty
  • Taipei, the current capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • Nanjing County, (Chinese: 南靖; pinyin: Nánjìng) in Zhangzhou, Fujian province
  • Nankin-machi, also called “Nanjingtown” or "Nanjing Town", a Chinatown in Kobe

Books and films

Other

  • The Nanking Regime or Nanking Nationalist Government, names for the Wang Jingwei regime set up by the Japanese occupation forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War
  • Nanjing Cherry, a common name for Prunus tomentosa (a deciduous shrub)
  • 2078 Nanking, an asteroid
  • Nankin bantam, a bantam breed of chicken

See also