Liaodong

Wade-Giles, Liao·tung

[lyou-dawng]

noun

Pinyin.

1. a peninsula in NE China, extending S into the Yellow Sea.

2. Gulf of, a gulf W of this peninsula.

Liaodong

/ ˈljaʊˈtʊŋ, ˈljaʊˈdʊŋ /

noun

1. a peninsula of NE China, in S Manchuria extending south into the Yellow Sea: forms the S part of Liaoning province

2. the N part of the Gulf of Chihli, west of the Liaodong Peninsula

Example Sentences

Sitting on the Liaodong Peninsula in north-east China, the second-tier city of Dalian has a complex history.

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