Lüshun

alternative Lü-shun · alternative Lushun · alternative Lvshun

1. Synonym of Lüshunkou.

   Lüda is a double city composed of Lüshun and Dalian, located at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in Liaoning Province. Lüshun, formerly called Port Arthur, is a large naval base seldom visited by foreigners.

   1989, “The Northeast”, in All China, Revised edition, Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60

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   Port Arthur became part of the joint municipality of Port Arthur-Dairen, known in Chinese as Lüshun-Talien, or simply Lü-ta, with its seat at Dairen. The population of Port Arthur in the 1953 census was 126,000; that of Lü-ta (1958 est.) 1,590,000.

   1972, Theodore Shabad, “PORT ARTHUR”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 18, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 259, column 2

   Lüda (Lüshun-Dalian) 旅大市 Lüda, the consolidation of the cities of Lüshun and Dalian, is on the south end of Liaodong peninsula. Lüda has 4.7 million inhabitants and is an important port and industry town. Lüshun, better known to westerners as Port Arthur, lies in a strategically important place, for the entrance to the Gulf of Bohai, the seaway to Northeast China and Tianjin, is controlled from here. The city's harbor is very deep and, therefore, suited for large ships. Moreover, it remains open during the entire winter.

   1988 [1983], “Liaoning Province”, in Magnificent China: A Guide to its Cultural Treasures, San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 198, column 2

   Synonyms: Lüshunkou