Shimonoseki

[ shim-uh-nuh-sey-kee; Japanese shee-maw-naw-se-kee ]

noun

1. a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: treaty ending Sino-Japanese War signed 1895.

Shimonoseki

/ ˌʃɪmənəʊˈsɛkɪ /

noun

1. a port in SW Japan, on SW Honshu: scene of the peace treaty (1895) ending the Sino-Japanese War; a heavy industrial centre. Pop: 246 924 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

To-night we went on to Shimonoseki, and my Omine companion kindly took me to his fathers house there.

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Has Japan any fear of another alteration of the Treaty of Shimonoseki being imposed upon her?

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In 1895 the island was ceded to Japan by the treaty of Shimonoseki at the close of the Japanese war.

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More tragic still was his return to the capital with the treaty of Shimonoseki.

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It is, however, not necessary for my purpose that I should go behind the Shimonoseki intervention.

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