Man-chou-li

See also: Manchouli

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 滿洲里 (Mǎnzhōulǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Man³-chou¹-li³.

Proper noun

Man-chou-li

1. Alternative form of Manzhouli
   • 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, ATLAS OF CHINA‎^[1], McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 72:

     The Harbin Railroad. This comprises two former lines in Manchuria, the Chinese Eastern Railway and the South Manchuria Railway. Its length from Man-chou-li in Inner Mongolia to Harbin is 928 kilometers, and its length from Harbin to Sui-fen-ho in eastern Manchuria is 552 kilometers, making a total of 1,480 kilometers.

   • 1978, Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia‎^[2], volume 20, H. S. Stuttman Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2700:

     In the north the 36th Army hit a fortified line near Man-chou-li, but this was soon overcome and the army advanced 25 miles in the first day.

   • 1978, “CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY”, in Joseph L. Wieczynski, editor, The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History‎^[3], volume 7, Academic International Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 49:

     Beginning where the road crosses the Sino-Soviet frontier at Man-chou-li, it passes through Hailar and Ha-erh-pin (Harbin) and ends when it crosses back into Soviet territory at Sui-fen-ho (Pogranichnaia). During its history it has been known as the Trans-Manchurian Railway, the North Manchurian Railway, the Chinese Changchun Railway and the Harbin Railway. The main line from Man-chou-li to Sui-fen-ho is 950 miles in length.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Man-chou-li.

Translations

Manzhouli — see Manzhouli

Anagrams

• halomucin