The story
From Russian + Manchuria. First appears in the middle of the 19th century.
First known use, by meaning
- from mid-19th c. The part of Russia near northeastern China (including Primorsky Krai and other nearby areas) which was annexed by the Russian Empire in the mid 19th century and understood as part of Manchuria.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.