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Lüshunkou

Lüshunkou proper noun: a district of Dalian, Liaoning, China.

Proper noun

Lüshunkou

  1. A district of Dalian, Liaoning, China.
    • After the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, the Japanese imperialists forced the Qing government to conclude the Treaty of the Sino-Japanese Meeting on the Affairs of the Three Northeastern Provinces and a supplementary treaty, thus replacing tasarist^([sic – meaning tsarist]) Russia as the colonial...1999 [1995], Chen Yun, Selected Works of Chen Yun, volume III, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 399
    • After the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, Japan occupied China's territory Lüshunkou and Dalian.[...]
    • The Lüshunkou (Port Arthur) Massacre
    • On November 21, 1894, the Japanese army seized Lüshunkou.2005 July 28, Jin Xide, translated by Yuan Fang and Wind Gu, Japanese Wartime Aggressors 'Savage and Cruel' – Why and How, China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2016

Examples of Lüshunkou in a sentence

  • Japan then began to station troops in southern Manchuria and established its Kwantung Army headquarters in Lüshunkou.1999 [1995], Chen Yun, Selected Works of Chen Yun, volume III, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 399:
  • In the Treaty of Shimonoseki (April 17, 1895), China abandoned its claims to Korea, as well as ceding Taiwan and Lüshunkou (Port Arthur) to Japan.2006, Alan Armstrong, Preemptive Strike: the secret plan that would have prevented the attack on Pearl Harbor, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 70:

Synonyms of Lüshunkou

Forms of Lüshunkou

alternative formLü-shun-k'ou
alternative formLushunkou
alternative formLvshunkou
alternative formLyushunkou

Origin of Lüshunkou

Borrowed from 旅順口/旅顺口 (Lǚshùnkǒu).

Questions about Lüshunkou

What does Lüshunkou mean?
Lüshunkou means a district of Dalian, Liaoning, China.
How do you use Lüshunkou in a sentence?
Japan then began to station troops in southern Manchuria and established its Kwantung Army headquarters in Lüshunkou.
What part of speech is Lüshunkou?
Lüshunkou is a proper noun.

Words near Lüshunkou in the dictionary

  1. Lünen
  2. Lüscher
  3. Lüscher test
  4. Lüscher tests
  5. Lüshun
  6. Lüshunkou
  7. Lüta
  8. Lütjenbrode
  9. Lütschental
  10. Lütschine
  11. Lützen

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