Nanjing
/ˈnænˈdʒɪŋ/(亦作Nanking /nænˌkɪŋ/)
- a city in eastern China, on the Yangtze River, capital of Jiangsu province; pop. 4,105,400 (est. 2006). It has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, serving seven times as the capital of regional empires, twice as the seat of revolutionary governments, once as the site of a puppet regime, and twice as the capital of a united China. For this it is renowned as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China.南京（中国东部城市, 位于长江畔, 为江苏省省会, 2006年估计人口4,105,400; 在中国历史和文化中地位显著, 曾七次作为区域性帝国的首都, 两次作为革命政府所在地, 一次作为傀儡政权所在地, 两次成为统一的中国的首都; 为此, 它被誉为中国四大古都之一）。