Pekin may refer to:
Places
*A historic spelling of a
name of Beijing, China
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Pekin (hotel), a four star hotel in Moscow, Russia
United States
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Pekin, Illinois
Pekin () is a city in and the county seat of Tazewell County, Illinois, Tazewell County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located on the Illinois River, Pekin is the largest city of Tazewell County and the second most populous municipality of the Pe ...
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Pekin Township, Tazewell County, Illinois
Pekin Township is located in Tazewell County, Illinois, Tazewell County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 29,807 and it contained 13,321 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , o ...
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Pekin, Indiana
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Old Pekin, Indiana
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New Pekin, Indiana
New Pekin is a town in Pierce and Polk townships, Washington County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,401 at the 2010 census.
History
The land for the town of New Pekin was first entered on August 25, 1818. The original town plat ...
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Pekin, Iowa
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Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah ( ) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Miss ...
, originally settled as Pekin
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Pekin, Maryland
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Pekin Township, Michigan
Pekin may refer to:
Places
*A historic spelling of a name of Beijing, China
* Pekin (hotel), a four star hotel in Moscow, Russia
United States
*Pekin, Illinois
* Pekin Township, Tazewell County, Illinois
*Pekin, Indiana
**Old Pekin, Indiana
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Pekin, New York Pekin is a hamlet in the towns of Cambria and Lewiston in Niagara County, New York, United States. It was a stop in the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes and safe houses established in the Uni ...
, hamlet in town of Cambria, New York
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Pekin, North Dakota
Pekin ( ) is a city in Nelson County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 75 at the 2020 census. The first European settlers immigrated to the area in the mid-19th century and Pekin was founded in 1906.
Geography
Pekin is located a ...
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Pekin, Carroll County, Ohio
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Pekin, Warren County, Ohio
Animals
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Red-billed leiothrix
The red-billed leiothrix (''Leiothrix lutea'') is a member of the family Leiothrichidae, native to southern China and the Himalayas. Adults have bright red bills and a dull yellow ring around their eyes. Their backs are dull olive green, and th ...
, or Pekin robin
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American Pekin
The Pekin or White Pekin is an American breed of domestic duck, raised primarily for meat. It derives from birds brought to the United States from China in the nineteenth century, and is now bred in many parts of the world. It is often known a ...
, an American breed of duck
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German Pekin
The German Pekin, german: , is a European breed of domestic duck. It is commonly called simply Pekin or White Pekin. It is a different breed from the American Pekin, which is also commonly known by the same names. It was bred in Europe from ...
, a European breed of duck
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Pekin (chicken)
The Pekin Bantam is a British breed of bantam chicken. It derives from birds brought to Europe from China in the nineteenth century, and is named for the city of Peking where it was believed to have originated. It is a true bantam, with no c ...
, a breed of chicken
People
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Tim Pekin
Tim Pekin (born 22 January 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.
Recruited from Colac- Coragulac, Pekin debuted with the Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club cur ...
(born 1965), former Australian rules footballer
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Vladimir Pekin
Vladimir Pekin ( bg, Владимир Пекин; born 10 August 1986) is a Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern ...
(born 1986), Bulgarian footballer
Other uses
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HMS ''Mohawk'', a 1856 British gunvessel renamed ''Pekin'' in 1863
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Salix babylonica
''Salix babylonica'' (Babylon willow or weeping willow; ) is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe.Flora of China'' ...
'', or Pekin willow
See also
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Pekin duck (disambiguation) Pekin duck may refer to:
* American Pekin, an American breed of duck (the Pekin of the American Poultry Association)
* German Pekin, a European breed of duck (the Pekin of the Poultry Club of Great Britain)
* Peking duck, a Chinese duck dish
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Peking (disambiguation)
Peking is an alternate and mostly obsolete romanization of Beijing, the capital city of the People's Republic of China.
Peking may also refer to:
* ''Peking'' (ship), a 1911 German square-rigged sailing ship launched
* 2045 Peking, an asteroid ...
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Pekingese
The Pekingese (also spelled Pekinese) is a breed of toy dog, originating in China. The breed was favored by royalty of the Chinese Imperial court as a companion dog, and its name refers to the city of Peking (Beijing) where the Forbidden City i ...
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Peqin
Peqin (, sq-definite, Peqini) is a town and municipality in Elbasan County, central Albania. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Gjoçaj, Karinë, Pajovë, Peqin, Përparim an ...
, a town in Albania
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Beijing (disambiguation)
Beijing, literally "northern capital" in Chinese, is the capital city of the People's Republic of China.
Beijing may also refer to:
Historical capitals
* Taiyuan, formerly Běijīng or Běidū, capital city under the Tang Dynasty and Later Five ...
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Beijingese (disambiguation)
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