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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 162 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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NANKEEN , a See also:

cotton See also:

CLOTH

cloth originally made in See also:

CHINA

China, and now imitated in various countries . The name is derived from See also:

NANKING (" the southern capital ")

Nanking, the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in which the cloth is said to have been originally manufactured . The characteristic yellowish See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of nankeen is attributed to the See also:

PECULIAR

peculiar colour of the cotton from which it was originally made .

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