# Pekin

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #64,605

## Definitions
1. Obsolete form of Peking.
2. A city, the county seat of Tazewell County, Illinois.
3. A hamlet in New York.
4. A city and village in North Dakota.

## Etymology
Compare Spanish Pekín, Portuguese Pequim, Dutch Peking, French Pékin, German Peking, Italian Pechino.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pekin