pekin

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'pekin': (pēkin); 'Pekin': (pēkin)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pe•kin  (pēkin),USA pronunciation n. (often cap.)
  1. Textilesa silk fabric in which broad stripes of equal width and in various colors or weaves are alternated.
  • French pékin; after Peking
  • 1775–85

Pe•kin  (pēkin),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Animal Husbandry, Place Namesone of a hardy breed of yellowish-white domestic ducks, raised originally in China.
  • after Peking 1880–85

Pe•kin  (pēkin),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a city in central Illinois. 33,967.


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