Manchuria
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /mænˈt͡ʃʊəɹiə/
Proper noun
  1. (historical) The area traditionally inhabited by the Manchu people and their Jurchen predecessors, now divided between China ("Inner Manchuria") and Russia ("Outer Manchuria").
    • 1706, translating Evert Ysbrants Ides as Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-Land to China, thro' Great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking, p. 55:
      The Men, Women and young Girls, wear the same Habit as the Mansiourian Tartars in China.
  2. (historical, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of Later Jin: the Manchu state preceding the Qing Empire.
  3. (historical) Synonym of Manchukuo#English|Manchukuo: a former puppet state of Imperial Japan.
  4. (sometimes proscribed) The three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang in northeastern China.
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