Nanjing means "southern capital" and is the name of the current capital of Jiangsu Province and a former capital of China.
Nanjing, and romanizations Nanking, Nan-ching, and Nankin may also refer to:
Places Nanjing (Liao Dynasty), the historical name for Beijing during the Liao dynasty Nanjing, a historical name for Kaifeng Nanjing, a historical name for Shangqiu during the Northern Song dynasty Taipei, the current capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Nanjing County, () in Zhangzhou, Fujian province Nankin-machi, also called “Nanjingtown” or "Nanjing Town", a Chinatown in Kobe
Books and films Nan Jing (Chinese medicine), a classic medical work in traditional Chinese medicine Nanking (1938 film), a Japanese documentary film Nanking (2007 film), an American documentary film about the 1937 Nanjing Massacre
Other Nanjing City F.C., a football team based in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Nanjing Automobile, a state-owned automobile manufacturer The Nanjing Regime or Nanjing Nationalist Government, names for the Wang Jingwei regime set up by the Japanese occupation forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War Nanjing Cherry, a common name for Prunus tomentosa (a deciduous shrub) 2078 Nanking, an asteroid Nankin bantam, a bantam breed of chicken
See also Nanjingese (disambiguation) Nankeen, a kind of pale yellowish cloth named for the Chinese city Nankeen kestrel (Falco cenchroides) Nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)