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Liao-ning

Liao-ning is the alternative form of Liaoning.

Meaning of Liaoning

Proper noun

Liaoning

  1. A province in northeastern China. Capital: Shenyang.
    • Name of Fengtien province changed to Liaoning.1929 March 9 [1929 February 27], “From the Chinese Press”, in The China Weekly Review, volume XLVIII, number 2, →OCLC, page 79, column 1
    Synonyms:
    Fengtien, Fengtian, Liaoxi & Liaodong, Liaoyang

Forms of Liao-ning

alternative formLiao Ning

Origin of Liao-ning

From the Wade-Giles romanization of its Mandarin 遼寧 /辽宁 (Liáoníng).

Questions about Liao-ning

What is Liao-ning the alternative form of?
Liao-ning is the alternative form of Liaoning.

Words near Liao-ning in the dictionary

  1. Lianyungang
  2. Lianzhou
  3. liao
  4. Liao Ning
  5. Liao-ch'eng
  6. Liao-ning
  7. Liao-yang
  8. Liaocheng
  9. Liaodong
  10. Liaodong Peninsula
  11. Liaoning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Liao-ning (page history and authors); Liaoning (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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