Pekin

Type Settlement

Usage Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Polish, Armenian, Uzbek, Turkmen

Scripts 北京(Japanese Kanji) ぺきん(Japanese Hiragana) Пекин(Russian, Bulgarian) Пекін(Ukrainian) Պեկին(Armenian)

Pronounced Pron. PEH-KYEEN(Japanese)

pyi-KYEEN(Russian)

peh-KYEEN(Ukrainian, Bulgarian)

peh-KEEN(Armenian)

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Meaning & History

Form of Beijing in several languages.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesPeking(Bosnian) Beijing(Chinese) Peking(Croatian) Peking(Czech) Peking(Dutch) Beijing, Peking(English) Pékin(French) Peking(German) Pechino(Italian) Beijing(Korean) Peking(Luxembourgish) Pequim(Portuguese) Peking(Serbian) Peking(Slovak) Peking(Slovene) Pekín(Spanish) Peking(Swedish)

Same SpellingPékin, Pekín

Entry updated April 25, 2021