Nanjing (disambiguation) explained

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, in Zhangzhou, Fujian province
• Nankin-machi, also called “Nanjingtown” or "Nanjing Town", a Chinatown in Kobe

Books and films

• Nan Jing (Chinese medicine), a classic medical work in traditional Chinese medicine
• Nanking (1938 film), a Japanese documentary film
• Nanking (2007 film), an American documentary film about the 1937 Nanjing Massacre

Other

• Nanjing City F.C., a football team based in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
• The Nanjing Regime or Nanjing 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

• Nanjingese (disambiguation)
• Nankeen, a kind of pale yellowish cloth named for the Chinese city
• Nankeen kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
• Nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)