PEKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peking mean? 

• PEKING (noun)
  The noun PEKING has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: PEKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEKING (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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Beijing; capital of Red China; Peiping; Peking

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)

 Context examples 

Researchers from Beijing Normal University, Yale University and Peking University investigating the effects of air pollution conducted tests on more than 25,000 people in 162 Chinese counties and found that pollution is linked to a significant decline in cognition, and that the impact increases with age.

(Pollution Linked to Significant Decline in Human Cognition, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)