The story
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旅大 (Lǚdà), from blend of 旅順／旅顺 (Lǚshùn, “Lüshun”) + 大連／大连 (Dàlián, “Dalian”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lüda
Lü·daToday it means: A former directly-administered municipality in China, from 1950 to 1954; a former prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China, from 1954 to 1981; modern Dalian. Full definition →