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NANKEEN

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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cotton See also:cloth originally made in See also:China, and now imitated in various countries. The name is derived from See also:Nanking, the See also:city in which the cloth is said to have been originally manufactured. The characteristic yellowish See also:colour of nankeen is attributed to the See also:peculiar colour of the cotton from which it was originally made.

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