Uma sicabangela lesi sigaba esiphathelene nomlando waseBeijing, iBeijing yathola nini igama layo lamanje?
Context:Eminyakeni engu - 3 000 edlule, idolobha laseBeijing liye laba namanye amagama amaningi. Igama elithi Beijing, elisho ukuthi "Inhlokodolobha Yasenyakatho" (kusuka ezinhlamvwini zesiShayina 北 for north and 京 for capital), lasetshenziswa edolobheni ngo-1403 ngesikhathi sobukhosi bakwaMing ukuhlukanisa idolobha neNanjing (i "Southern Capital"). Ukubhalwa kwesiNgisi kweBeijing kusekelwe ekubhalweni kwamagama aseBeijing ngolimi lwesiMandarin (okwamukelwa ngawo-1980). Ukupela okudala kwesiNgisi, Peking ((北平 okusho isiShayina), kwasetshenziswa isithunywa sevangeli esingumJesuit uMartino Martini kuyi-atlas ethandwayo eyanyatheliswa e-Amsterdam ngo-1655. Yize iPeking ingaseyona igama elijwayelekile ledolobha, ezinye zezindawo nezindawo zakudala zedolobha, njengeBeijing Capital International Airport, enekhodi ye-IATA PEK, kanye nePeking University, zisagcina i-romanization yangaphambili.
Ngo-1403, ngesikhathi sobukhosi bukaMing, iBeijing yathola igama layo lamanje.