Liaotung

Liaotung

1. Alternative form of Liaodong
   • 1891, John Ross, History of Corea‎, London: Elliot Stock, →OCLC, →OL, page 6:

     When the Han state ship burst up, numberless living planks struggled for the uppermost place. Among them the Wei became dominant in north-east China, marched against, overthrew the grandson of Goong, and annexed Liaotung to the northern dynasty.

   • 1954 June 21, “Government Centralization Set for Communist China”, in The Christian Science Monitor‎, Atlantic edition, volume 46, number 174, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 5:

     In northeast China, Liaotung and Liaosi Provinces will be merged into newly reconstituted Liaoning Province.

   • 1954 [1950 December], “List of Border Violations by United States Planes”, in Interlocking Subversion in Government Departments (Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Eighty-Third Congress Second Session on Interlocking Subversion in Government Departments)‎, number 23, Washington: Government Printing Office, sourced from China Monthly Review, →OCLC, page 2013:

     At 15:07 hours on October 13, two American planes circled and reconnoitered over Yenkiang village of Changpai County of Liaotung Province.

   • 2002, Donald Keene, Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912‎, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 588:

     The Russians had promised to withdraw in three stages. One stage had been completed, and the railway between Shan-hai-kwan and Ying-k’ou (Newchang) had been returned, but all this meant was that the Russians had moved their troops from Liao-hsi, a region where they had few interests, to their major base at Liaotung.

   • 2011, The Crimes of Stalin: the Murderous Career of the Red Tsar‎, Arcturus Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53:

     When Russia reneged on an agreement to withdraw its troops from Manchuria, the Japanese fleet launched a surprise raid on Port Arthur. At the same time, the Japanese army overran Korea and the Liaotung Peninsula before making a land attack on Port Arthur, which eventually fell to the invaders.

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Liaotung”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1049, column 1
• “Liaotung”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Liaotung”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Liaotung”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Liaotung” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.