Liaoyuan

See also: liáoyuǎn and Liáoyuán

English

Alternative forms

• Liao-yüan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 遼源 / 辽源 (Liáoyuán).

Proper noun

Liaoyuan

1. A prefecture-level city in Jilin, China.
   • 2015, Michael Meyer, “Quid Pro Quo”, in In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China‎^[1], Bloomsbury Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 21:

     They waited on the platform as our overnight train pulled into Liaoyuan, a small (by Chinese standards) Northeastern city of one million people. They were my first impression of Manchuria, and I liked them immediately.

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遼源 / 辽源 (zh) (Liáoyuán)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Liaoyuan in Encyclopædia Britannica
• “Liaoyuan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Liaoyuan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Liaoyuan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Liaoyuan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[2], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1729, column 2