name
Meaning 1
Obsolete form of Peking.
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Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
Pekin
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pēʹkǐn
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CMU ARPABET: P IY1 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city, the county seat of Tazewell County, Illinois.
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name
Meaning 3
A hamlet in New York.
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name
Meaning 4
A city and village in North Dakota.
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noun
Meaning 5
A type of patterned silk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology
Compare Spanish Pekín, Portuguese Pequim, Dutch Peking, French Pékin, German Peking, Italian Pechino.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: pékin — patterned fabric