English Explanatory Dictionary

Pekin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Obsolete form of Peking.
  2. A city, the county seat of Tazewell County, Illinois.
  3. A hamlet in New York.
  4. A city and village in North Dakota.
noun
  1. A type of patterned silk.

Pronunciation

pēʹkǐn

Word forms

Pekin Pekins

Etymology

Compare Spanish Pekín, Portuguese Pequim, Dutch Peking, French Pékin, German Peking, Italian Pechino.

Related words

Pekin duck Pekinese
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