Type Settlement
Usage Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Polish, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Uzbek, Turkmen
Scripts 北京(Japanese Kanji) ぺきん(Japanese Hiragana) Пекин(Russian, Bulgarian, Uzbek) Пекін(Ukrainian) Պեկին(Armenian)
Pronounced Pron. PEH-KYEEN(Japanese) pyi-KYEEN(Russian) peh-KYEEN(Ukrainian, Bulgarian) peh-KEEN(Armenian) [key·IPA]
Note In Turkish and Azerbaijani this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as PEKİN in uppercase and pekin in lowercase.
Meaning & History
Form of Beijing in several languages.
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesBikin(Arabic) Peking(Bosnian) Pequín(Catalan) Beijing(Chinese) Peking(Croatian) Peking(Czech) Peking(Dutch) Beijing, Peking(English) Peking(Estonian) Peking(Finnish) Pékin(French) Pequín(Galician) Peking(German) Bejing(Hindi) Pechino(Italian) Beijing(Korean) Pekina(Latvian) Pekinas(Lithuanian) Peking(Luxembourgish) Pekan(Persian) Pequim(Portuguese) Peking(Serbian) Peking(Slovak) Peking(Slovene) Pekín, Pequín(Spanish) Peking(Swedish)
