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Pekin Journal Star
Pekin may refer to: Places *A historic spelling of a Names of Beijing, name of Beijing, China *Pekin (hotel), a four star hotel in Moscow, Russia United States *Pekin, Illinois *Pekin Township, Tazewell County, Illinois *Pekin, Indiana **Old Pekin, Indiana **New Pekin, Indiana *Pekin, Iowa *Paducah, Kentucky, originally settled as Pekin *Pekin, Maryland *Pekin Township, Michigan *Pekin, New York, hamlet in town of Cambria, New York *Pekin, North Dakota *Pekin, Carroll County, Ohio *Pekin, Warren County, Ohio Animals *Red-billed leiothrix, or Pekin robin *American Pekin, an American breed of duck *German Pekin, a European breed of duck *Pekin (chicken), a breed of chicken People *Tim Pekin (born 1965), former Australian rules footballer *Vladimir Pekin (born 1986), Bulgarian footballer Other uses * HMS Mohawk (1856), HMS ''Mohawk'', a 1856 British gunvessel renamed ''Pekin'' in 1863 *''Salix babylonica'', or Pekin willow See also * Pekin duck (other) * Peking (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Names Of Beijing
"Beijing" is from pinyin ''Běijīng,'' which is romanized from , the Chinese name for this city. The pinyin system of transliteration was approved by the Chinese government in 1958, but little used until 1979. It was gradually adopted by various news organizations, governments, and international agencies over the next decade. Etymology The Chinese characters ("north") and ("capital") together mean the "Northern Capital". The name was first used during the reign of the Ming dynasty's Yongle Emperor, who made his northern fief a second capital, along with Nanjing (, the "Southern Capital"), in 1403 after successfully dethroning his nephew during the Jingnan Campaign. The name was restored in 1949 at the founding of the People's Republic of China. Peking Portugal was the first European country to contact China in modern times. In Portuguese, the city is called ''Pequim.'' This name appeared in the letters of Francis Xavier in 1552. It transferred to English as "Pekin" and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
