Liao-ning
English
Alternative forms
- (nonstandard) Liao Ning
Etymology
From the Wade-Giles romanization of its Mandarin Chinese name 遼寧／辽宁 (Liáoníng).
Proper noun
- (dated) Alternative form of Liaoning
- 1978, Chi Hsin (research group), Teng Hsiao-ping: A Political Biography, Hong Kong: Cosmos Books, →OCLC, page 113:
- The strategic and naturally rich province of Liao-ning was turned into an under-supplied and severely mismanaged backwater. In an effort to make a name for himself and prove the efficacy of his leadership in the province, Mao Yuan-hsin fabricated a series of 'new events' in Liao-ning.
- 2007, “Mukden”, in William R. Keylor, editor, Encyclopedia of the Modern World 1900 to the Present, volume II, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 883:
- (Chinese: Shen-Yang) Capital of China's province of Liao-ning, northeast on the Hun River, controlling north-south routes along the plain of south Manchuria.
References
- “Liao-ning” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
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