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Liaotung

Liaotung is the alternative form of Liaodong.

Meaning of Liaodong

Proper noun

Liaodong

  1. (historical) A former province in northeast China (from 1949 to 1954).
    • The United States deliberately concocted the assault of the Syngman Rhee gang against the Korean Democratic People’s Republic in order to expand its aggression in the East and then, on the pretext of the situation in Korea, dispatched its naval and air forces to invade the Taiwan Province of China...1993 [1950 November], “Appendix”, in Uncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao, and the Korean War (Studies in International Security and Arms Control), Stanford, California: Stanford University Press...
  2. A region of Liaoning, China.
    • Bohai Sea is on the northeastern coast of China, bounded by Liaodong and Shandong Peninsulas, so pollution there is slow to wash out to the ocean, exacerbating damage to local marine life.2009 June 22, “Oil slicks poisoning China's Bohai Sea - official”, in Emma Graham-Harrison, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 14 May 2022, Oil Report

Questions about Liaotung

What is Liaotung the alternative form of?
Liaotung is the alternative form of Liaodong.

Words near Liaotung in the dictionary

  1. Liaocheng
  2. Liaodong
  3. Liaodong Peninsula
  4. Liaoning
  5. Liaoning bronze dagger culture
  6. Liaotung
  7. Liaoxi
  8. Liaoyang
  9. Liaoyuan
  10. liar
  11. liar dice

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