Beijing, Peking (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)įinnish Alternative forms.Dated form of Beijing, a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China.

Peter Heylyn's Cosmographie changed its spelling from Paquin in the 1652 edition to Peking in the 1658 edition, but both Pekin and Peking were used interchangeably in English until the Chinese Imperial Post adopted Peking as its official transcription in the 1890s. Paquin for his 1572 Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas Italian Jesuit Martino Martini used Peking in his 1654 Latin De Bello Tartarico Historia and 1655 Novus Atlas Sinensis, which were quickly translated into English and later used by Joan Blaeu for his 1665 Atlas Maior. The early Portuguese and Jesuits such as Francis Xavier used the spelling Paquim Abraham Ortelius used C. 1655, romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 北京 ( Běijīng ), q.v., from before the modern palatalization of /k/.

Pachin, Paquin, Pekin, Pequin ( obsolete )Ĭ.

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