Liaotung

English

Proper noun

Liaotung

1. Alternative form of Liaodong
   • 1891, John Ross, History of Corea‎^[1], London: Elliot Stock, →OCLC, →OL, 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.

   • 1954 June 21, “Government Centralization Set for Communist China”, in The Christian Science Monitor‎^[2], Atlantic edition, volume 46, number 174, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 5:

     In northeast China, Liaotung and Liaosi Provinces will be merged into newly reconstituted Liaoning Province.

   • 2002, Donald Keene, Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912‎^[3], New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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^[4], Arcturus Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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.

Translations

Liaodong — see Liaodong

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Liaotung”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1049, column 1
• “Liaotung”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Liaotung”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Liaotung”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Liaotung” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.