Manchuria

[ man-choor-ee-uh ]

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noun

a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).

Manchuria

/ mænˈtʃʊərɪə /

a region of NE China, historically the home of the Manchus, rulers of China from 1644 to 1912: includes part of Inner Mongolia and the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning. Area: about 1 300 000 sq km (502 000 sq miles)

The Surrendered also includes scenes of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1934.

Grenfell and the icy coast of Labrador perhaps, or a government berth in Manchuria—but never home society again.

These bells must have been brought down by Chinese trading from the plains of Manchuria.

Levies were hastily summoned from Manchuria in order to defend the line of the Peiho and the approaches to the capital.

The disasters of Russia in Manchuria in 1905 released the spirit of German imperialism to bolder aggressions.

Concerning Manchuria and all the issues involved in the present struggle for its possession, all kinds of misconceptions are rife.

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