Mandchuria

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)
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...
3. (historical) Synonym of Manchukuo: a former puppet state of Imperial Japan.

   Synonyms:

   Manchukuo