Lüda

Lü·da

proper noun

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.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Luda · alternative Luta · alternative Lüta

  1. historicalA former directly-administered municipality in China, from 1950 to 1954; a former prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China, from 1954 to 1981; modern Dalian.

    Lüda Lüda is a double city composed of Lüshun and Dalian, located at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in Liaoning Province.

    1989, “The Northeast”, in All China, Revised edition, Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60
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    In 1898 Russia acquired a naval base in China, at Port Arthur (now part of the city of Lüda); Japan took over this base in 1905, Russia regained it in 1945, but in 1955 it was returned to China.

    1987, Andrew Boyd, “China and Russia”, in An Atlas of World Affairs, 8th edition, Routledge, published 1989, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 147

Origin

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”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 旅大
  • 旅大 (Lǚdà)location
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