Etymology

Liaodong

Liao·dong
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Today it means: A former province in northeast China (from 1949 to 1954). Full definition →

Mandarin 遼東 /辽东
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from遼東 /辽东
  2. English todayLiaodong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 遼東 /辽东 (Liáodōng).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.