Manchuria

[ man-choo r-ee-uh ]

/ mænˈtʃʊər i ə /

noun

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

OTHER WORDS FROM Manchuria

Man·chu·ri·an, adjective, noun trans-Man·chu·ri·an, adjective

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

Escape from Korea |Jane Ciabattari |March 13, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Similar flows on a smaller scale occur in Manchuria, Korea and northern China.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 |Various
Concerning Manchuria and all the issues involved in the present struggle for its possession, all kinds of misconceptions are rife.

Where Half The World Is Waking Up |Clarence Poe
Thus Japan came to hold in Manchuria a position somewhat contradictory.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 3 |Various

And what is to their advantage, they are closer to Korea and Manchuria than Russia is.

At the Fall of Port Arthur |Edward Stratemeyer
These bells must have been brought down by Chinese trading from the plains of Manchuria.

The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga |Cornelis De Witt Willcox

British Dictionary definitions for manchuria

Manchuria

/ (mænˈtʃʊərɪə) /

noun

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)

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