Manchuria
pronunciation
How to pronounce Manchuria in British English:
UK [mænˈtʃuəriə]
How to pronounce Manchuria in American English:
US [mænˈtʃʊriə]
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- Noun:
- a region in northeastern China
Word Origin
- Manchuria
- named for the Manchu (literally "pure") people + -ia. Related: Manchurian. Manchurian Candidate is 1959 as a novel, 1962 as a film.
Example
- 1. The chinese have feared a russian move into manchuria and beyond .
- 2. These treaties and other agreements gave to japan an important and unusual position in manchuria .
- 3. The story , however , did not reach its climax until the japanese invasion of manchuria , which lasted from 1931 to the end of the second world war .
- 4. What problems are left for china are long-term issues concerning northeastern manchuria and the balance of power in the pacific .
- 5. Only when manchuria has been occupied and its position there consolidated can it be thought of , to make a drive in a northwestern direction .