noun

• A major city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China, on the lower Yangtze; a former capital of China.
• (historical, informal) Synonym of Jiangnan, Nanzhili, Liangjiang, etc. as imperial Chinese provinces or viceroyalties administered from Nanjing.
• (historical) Various other Chinese cities during periods when they acted as a southern capital of a kingdom or imperial dynasty.