Manchuria (redirected from Chinese Manchuria)

Man·chu·ri·a  (mn-chr-)

A region of northeast China comprising the modern-day provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning. It was the homeland of the Manchu people who conquered China in the 17th century and was hotly contested by the Russians and the Japanese in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chinese Communists gained control of the area in 1948.

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Man·churi·an adj. & n.

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Manchuria [mænˈtʃʊərɪə]

n

(Placename) a region of NE China, historically the home of the Manchus, rulers of China from 1644 to 1912: includes part of the Inner Mongolian AR and the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning. Area: about 1 300 000 sq. km (502 000 sq. miles)

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Manchuria - a region in northeastern China       Chino-Japanese War, Sino-Japanese War - a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur Port Arthur - a battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

Translations

Manchuria [mænˈtʃʊərɪə] N → Manchuria f

Manchuria

n → die Mandschurei