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Place Name BEIJING
TYPE:
Settlement
USAGE:
Chinese
,
English
OTHER SCRIPTS:
北京
(Chinese)
Meaning & History
From Chinese
北
(
běi
)
meaning "north" and
京
(
jīng
)
meaning "capital city". This is the name of the capital of China.
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VARIANT:
Peking
(English)
OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES:
Peking
(Czech)
,
Peking
(Dutch)
,
Pékin
(French)
,
Peking
(German)
,
Pechino
(Italian)
,
Pekin
(Japanese)
,
Pequim
(Portuguese)
,
Pekín
(Spanish)