Peking

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beijing \Beijing\ prop. n. (Geography)
     The capital city of China. Formerly called {Peking}.
     Population (2000) = 12,033,000.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Peking
       n : capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei
           province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
           [syn: {Beijing}, {Peiping}, {capital of Red China}]