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Manchuria

/mænˈt͡ʃʊəɹiə/

Manchuria proper noun: a region of northeastern China comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang and the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia.

Proper noun

Manchuria

  1. A region of northeastern China comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang and the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia.
    • The senior Japanese commanders and all ground, sea, air and auxiliary forces within Manchuria, Korea north of 38 north latitude and Karafuto shall surrender to the Commander in Chief of Soviet Forces in the Far East. (General Order No. 1, 1945)
    • Negotiating with Stalin was like dealing with an octopus. At Yalta it had been agreed that Dairen in China would be an open port that the Chinese could use. And now they were trying- it'd be under the control of the Chinese, that the Russians could use is what I intended to say. And, it was now an...1965, Harry S. Truman, MP2002-390 Former President Truman Recalls Stalin's Broken Agreement About the Port of Dairen, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier...
  2. (historical) The area traditionally inhabited by the Manchu people and their Jurchen predecessors, in modern China and Russia.
    • The east coast of Manchuria is generally high and rocky.1848 January 10, Aaron H. Palmer, Memoir, Geographical, Political, and Commercial, on the Present state, productive resources, and capabilities for commerce, of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Asiatic...
    • In 1866, Her Majesty’s ship Scylla, Captain Courtenay, left Nagasaki, Japan, on the 20th of July, with orders to visit the different Russian settlements on the coast of Manchuria, and we are indebted to the Rev. W. V. Lloyd for an excellent account of the trip, given in the thirty-seventh volume of...1868 October, “The Russians in Manchuria”, in New Monthly Magazine, volume CXLIII, number DLXXVIV, page 377
  3. (historical) Synonym of Manchukuo: a former puppet state of Imperial Japan.
    Synonyms:
    Manchukuo

Manchuria meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

Manchuria in Hindi

historical region in Northeast Asia
मंचूरिया mañcūriyā

Manchuria in Marathi

historical region in Northeast Asia
मांचुरिया māñcuriyā

Manchuria in Bengali

historical region in Northeast Asia
মাঞ্চুরিয়া mancuriẏa

Manchuria in Telugu

historical region in Northeast Asia
మంచూరియా mañcūriyā
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Manchuria in Tagalog
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Manchuria in Arabic
مَنْشُورِيَا manšūriyā
Manchuria in Malay
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Manchuria in Indonesian
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Manchuria in Persian
منچوری mančuri, منچورستان mančurestân
Manchuria in Thai
แมนจูเรีย mɛɛn-juu-riia
Manchuria in Vietnamese
Mãn Châu

Examples of Manchuria in a sentence

  • And, it was now an approach, by Stalin, that would have given him complete possession of that part of Manchuria.1965, Harry S. Truman, MP2002-390 Former President Truman Recalls Stalin's Broken Agreement About the Port of Dairen, Harry S. Truman...
  • Trade with Manchuria and China is funneled through the city to Korea.1968, “SINŬIJU”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 20, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 569:
  • A native of the Chinese province of Jilin in Manchuria, Mr.2016 July 23, Andrew Higgins, “Vladivostok Lures Chinese Tourists (Many Think It’s Theirs)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
  • Lloyd for an excellent account of the trip, given in the thirty-seventh volume of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society—an account which is further illustrated by a map of Russian Manchuria.1868 October, “The Russians in Manchuria”, in New Monthly Magazine, volume CXLIII, number DLXXVIV, page 377:

Synonyms of Manchuria

Forms of Manchuria

alternative formManchooria
alternative formMansiouria
alternative formMandschuria
alternative formMantchuria
alternative formMantchooria

Origin of Manchuria

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”). Equivalent to New Latin and English Manchu + -ia, with the r added for ease of pronunciation 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.

Phrases with Manchuria

Questions about Manchuria

What does Manchuria mean?
Manchuria means a region of northeastern China comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang and the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia.
What is Manchuria in Hindi?
Manchuria in Hindi is मंचूरिया (mañcūriyā). See Manchuria meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Manchuria in a sentence?
And, it was now an approach, by Stalin, that would have given him complete possession of that part of Manchuria.
What part of speech is Manchuria?
Manchuria is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Manchuria?
Manchuria is pronounced /mænˈt͡ʃʊəɹiə/.

Words near Manchuria in the dictionary

  1. manchuas
  2. Manchukuo
  3. Manchukuoan
  4. Manchukuoans
  5. Manchuli
  6. Manchuria
  7. Manchurian
  8. Manchurian apricot
  9. Manchurian apricots
  10. Manchurian candidate
  11. Manchurian candidates

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