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Dairen

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Dai·ren  (drn)
See Dalian.

Dairen [daɪˈrɛn]
n
(Placename) a former name of Dalian
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Noun1.Dairen - a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda
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
Luda, Luta - an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun


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Significant attention is also paid to such topics as the unique architectural preservation campaign that grew out of Hiroshima's debate over what to do with the A-Bomb Dome; Japanese architectural culture in the 1950s; and the influence of Japan's colonial city planning in Dairen and Shinkyo on postwar reconstruction.
Russia also secured a lease at the end of the Liaodong peninsula, plus the Port Arthur naval base and the port of Dairen.
When they slip too close to the sprawling ranch homes that dot the nearby hillsides, local residents call on Dairen Simpson, trapper and wildlife specialist for Santa Clara County.
 
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