Shen·yang (sh n yäng) Formerly Muk·den (m kd n, -d n, m k-) A city of northeast China east-northeast of Beijing. The capital of Liaoning province, it was the site of the so-called Mukden, or Manchurian, Incident (1931), in which the Japanese army used an explosion on the railroad north of the city as a pretext to occupy Manchuria. Population: 3,980,000. |
Shenyang [ˈʃɛnˈjæŋ]
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(Placename) a walled city in NE China in S Manchuria, capital of Liaoning province: capital of the Manchu dynasty from 1644-1912; seized by the Japanese in 1931. Pop.: 3 876 289 (1999 est.) Former name Mukden
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| Noun | 1. |  Shenyang - a city in northeastern China 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 |
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