Liao

See also: liao, liáo, liào, liāo, and liǎo

English

Etymology 1

A romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 遼／辽 (Liáo)

Proper noun

Liao

1. A river of Manchuria (northeastern China)
   • 1934, T. O'Conroy, The Menace of Japan‎^[1], London: Hurst & Blackett, →OCLC, page 159:

     The centre of Chinese influence in Manchuria was mainly Liaotung peninsula and along the Liao River valley.

   • 1939, Walker Matheson, “The U. S. Joins in the Battle of the Concessions”, in North American Review‎^[2], volume 248, number 1, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, pages 50-51:

     Naturally the Japanese destroyed or captured the greater part of the obsolete Chinese Navy, drove the Chinese armies out of Korea, occupied Southern Manchuria as far west as the Liao River, and invaded Shantung.

   • 2021 November 10, Will Dunham, “Japanese-Korean-Turkish language group traced to farmers in ancient China”, in Rosalba O'Brien, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 10 November 2021, China:

     This language family's beginnings were traced to Neolithic millet farmers in the Liao River valley, an area encompassing parts of the Chinese provinces of Liaoning and Jilin and the region of Inner Mongolia. […]
     The origins of modern Chinese languages arose independently, though in a similar fashion with millet also involved. While the progenitors of the Transeurasian languages grew broomcorn millet in the Liao River valley, the originators of the Sino-Tibetan language family farmed foxtail millet at roughly the same time in China's Yellow River region, paving the way for a separate language dispersal, Robbeets said.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Liao.
2. A various medieval dynasties of Khitan rulers in Chinese history originally from its watershed
3. (uncommon) Liaoning, a Chinese province surrounding and named for the Liao watershed

Synonyms

• Khitan Empire, Khitan Dynasty, Northern Liao, Western Liao, Kara-Khitan Khanate (dynasties)

Translations

river; dynasties; abbreviation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遼／辽 (zh) (liáo), 辽 (zh) (Liáo)

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Etymology 2

A romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciations of various characters, including 廖 (Liào)

Proper noun

Liao

1. A Chinese surname

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廖 (zh) (Liào)

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Etymology 3

A romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 僚 (Liáo)

Proper noun

Liao

1. Synonym of Rau, a people of southeastern China

Translations

people group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 僚 (zh) (Liáo)

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Anagrams

• Aloi, Oail