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Pekín

/peˈkin/

proper noun/peˈkin/

Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)

Related: aquí y en Pekín, pekinés

From the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Compare Portuguese Pequim, English Peking, Tagalog Peking.