Tha name of this capital of China's Jiangtsu Province means "southern capital"
The 
name Nanjing means 'Southern Capital' and the city has been the capital of... [DOC] [TLE] Jiangsu - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Its name comes from jiang, (short for the city of Jiangning (now Nanjing) and su (
for ... literally means "southern capital," and "Beijing" literally means "northern 
capital.