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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 nan·keen /ˌnænˈkin/
 南京棉布[□] ;淡黃色

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Nan·keen n.  [Written also nankin.]
 1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.
 2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
 3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen.
 Nankeen bird Zool., the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 nankeen
      n : a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from
          natural cotton having a yellowish color