proper noun/pe.kɛ̃/
Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
Synonyms: Beijing
Borrowed from Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), specifically the Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Doublet of Beijing. Compare Spanish Pekín, Portuguese Pequim, English Peking, Dutch Peking. See also Tonkin and Nankin (“Nanjing”).