Ngankin

English

Proper noun

Ngankin

  1. Alternative form of Anqing.
    • 1895, Helen S. Coan Nevius, “Trip Up the Yang-tse-kiang”, in The Life of John Livingston Nevius: For Forty Years a Missionary in China‎[1], Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page 252:
      Early Thursday morning we passed the fine old city of Ngankin, the capital of Nganhwui province, which we entered, not far from it.
    • 1908 October 22, Henry Bridgeman, “The Diary of Hon Henry Bridgeman”, in I Remember it Well: The Diaries, Recollections and Art of Three Generations over Three Centuries‎[2], published 2015, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 171:
      Weighed anchor early and came down to Ngankin or Anching as it is now generally called.
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