Manchukuo
English
Etymology
A variant of the Wade-Giles romanization (Man-chou-kuo) of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 滿洲國/满洲国 (Mǎnzhōuguó), from Japanese 満州国 (Manshūkoku), under influence from Manchu.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Manchukuo
- (historical) A puppet state of Imperial Japan, existing from 1932 to 1945, conceived as a Manchu nation-state under the restored Qing dynasty.
Synonyms
Translations
former puppet state of Imperial Japan
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