Manchuria
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete): Mansiouria, Mandschuria, Mantchuria, Mantchooria
Pronunciation
Etymology
Probably originally a backformation from Manchurian (“of or relating to the Manchus”), from Dutch Mansiourische, from Mansiouwer (“a Manchu”) + -isch (“-ish: forming adjectives”), possibly as a calque of Japanese 満州 (まんしゅう, Manshū, “Manchuria; Manchurian”).[1] Equivalent to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin and English Manchu + -ia, with the r added for ease of pronunciation[2] under the influence of names like Etruria, Liguria, &c. Cf. French Mandchourie, German Mandschurei, &c. Further popularized by Philipp von Siebold's early-19th-century Dutch translations of Japanese maps employing the term, replacing the earlier and vaguer Tartary, Eastern Tartary, Chinese Tartary, &c.
Proper noun
Manchuria
- (historical) The area traditionally inhabited by the Manchu people and their Jurchen predecessors, now divided between China ("Inner Manchuria") and Russia ("Outer Manchuria").
- 1706, translating Evert Ysbrants Ides as Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-Land to China, thro' Great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking, p. 55:
- The Men, Women and young Girls, wear the same Habit as the Mansiourian Tartars in China.
- 1706, translating Evert Ysbrants Ides as Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-Land to China, thro' Great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking, p. 55:
- (historical, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of Later Jin: the Manchu state preceding the Qing Empire.
- (historical) Synonym of Manchukuo: a former puppet state of Imperial Japan.
- (sometimes proscribed) The three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang in northeastern China.
Holonyms
- (traditional area): Tartary (obsolete)
Synonyms
- (Northeastern China): Northeast, Inner Manchuria
Usage notes
The association with the Japanese puppet state and ethnic separatism causes China to avoid and discourage official use of the term Manchuria, preferring the Northeast, Northeast China, &c. The area's 107 million people were over 85% Han during the 2010 census.
Derived terms
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References
- ^ OED.
- ^ McCormack (1977), p. 4.
- “Manchurian, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Asturian
Proper noun
Manchuria f
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