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    PEKING

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city. In Chinese, 'Beijing' means North Capital ('Bei' means North, 'Jing' means Capital)play

    Synonyms:

    Beijing; capital of Red China; Peiping; Peking

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    national capital (the capital city of a nation)

    Meronyms (parts of "Peking"):

    Forbidden City (a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China)

    Holonyms ("Peking" is a part of...):

    Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

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