Liaotung
English
Proper noun
Liaotung
- Alternative form of Liaodong
- 1891, Ross, John, History of Corea, London: Elliot Stock, OCLC 906330110, OL 7130372M, page 6:
- When the Han state ship burst up, numberless living planks struggled for the uppermost place. Among them the Wei became dominant in north-east China, marched against, overthrew the grandson of Goong, and annexed Liaotung to the northern dynasty.
- 2002, Keene, Donald, Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, OCLC 909761376, page 588:
- The Russians had promised to withdraw in three stages. One stage had been completed, and the railway between Shan-hai-kwan and Ying-k’ou (Newchang) had been returned, but all this meant was that the Russians had moved their troops from Liao-hsi, a region where they had few interests, to their major base at Liaotung.
- 2011, The Crimes of Stalin: the Murderous Career of the Red Tsar, Arcturus Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, OCLC 639161548, page 53:
- When Russia reneged on an agreement to withdraw its troops from Manchuria, the Japanese fleet launched a surprise raid on Port Arthur. At the same time, the Japanese army overran Korea and the Liaotung Peninsula before making a land attack on Port Arthur, which eventually fell to the invaders.
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Translations
Liaodong — see Liaodong
Further reading
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Liaotung”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, OCLC 802473294, page 1049, column 1
- “Liaotung”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Liaotung at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “Liaotung”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “Liaotung” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.