Pechinum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Pēquīnum, Pēkīnum Pēcīnum Pēchīnium === Etymology === Borrowed from Chinese 北京 (Běijīng). The Romanization reflects spelling choices of the 17th century, with the various variants trying to keep the /k/ pronunciation based on the national reading variants of Ecclesiastical Latin. === Pronunciation === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈkiː.num] === Proper noun === Pēchīnum n sg (genitive Pēchīnī); second declension Beijing: the capital city of China 1573, Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: Antuerpiae : Auctoris aere & cura impressum, absolutumq́ue apud Aegid. Coppenium Diesth, 1573. The city is marked as "C. Paquin" on a map of China. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== pēkīnēnsis