"Liaotung" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1891, John Ross, History of Corea, London: Elliot Stock, →OCLC, →OL, page 6",
          "text": "When the Han state ship burst up, numberless living planks struggled for the uppermost place. Among them the Wei became dominant in north-east China, marched against, overthrew the grandson of Goong, and annexed Liaotung to the northern dynasty.",
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          "ref": "1954 June 21, “Government Centralization Set for Communist China”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic edition, volume 46, number 174, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 5",
          "text": "In northeast China, Liaotung and Liaosi Provinces will be merged into newly reconstituted Liaoning Province.",
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          "ref": "2002, Donald Keene, Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912, New York: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 588",
          "text": "The Russians had promised to withdraw in three stages. One stage had been completed, and the railway between Shan-hai-kwan and Ying-k’ou (Newchang) had been returned, but all this meant was that the Russians had moved their troops from Liao-hsi, a region where they had few interests, to their major base at Liaotung.",
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          "ref": "2011, The Crimes of Stalin: the Murderous Career of the Red Tsar, Arcturus Publishing Ltd, →OCLC, page 53",
          "text": "When Russia reneged on an agreement to withdraw its troops from Manchuria, the Japanese fleet launched a surprise raid on Port Arthur. At the same time, the Japanese army overran Korea and the Liaotung Peninsula before making a land attack on Port Arthur, which eventually fell to the invaders.",
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        "Alternative form of Liaodong"
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  "word": "Liaotung"
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          "ref": "1891, John Ross, History of Corea, London: Elliot Stock, →OCLC, →OL, page 6",
          "text": "When the Han state ship burst up, numberless living planks struggled for the uppermost place. Among them the Wei became dominant in north-east China, marched against, overthrew the grandson of Goong, and annexed Liaotung to the northern dynasty.",
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          "ref": "1954 June 21, “Government Centralization Set for Communist China”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic edition, volume 46, number 174, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 5",
          "text": "In northeast China, Liaotung and Liaosi Provinces will be merged into newly reconstituted Liaoning Province.",
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          "ref": "2002, Donald Keene, Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912, New York: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 588",
          "text": "The Russians had promised to withdraw in three stages. One stage had been completed, and the railway between Shan-hai-kwan and Ying-k’ou (Newchang) had been returned, but all this meant was that the Russians had moved their troops from Liao-hsi, a region where they had few interests, to their major base at Liaotung.",
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          "text": "When Russia reneged on an agreement to withdraw its troops from Manchuria, the Japanese fleet launched a surprise raid on Port Arthur. At the same time, the Japanese army overran Korea and the Liaotung Peninsula before making a land attack on Port Arthur, which eventually fell to the invaders.",
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