Shenyang

[ shuhn-yahng ]

nounPinyin, Wade-Giles.
  1. a city in and the capital of Liaoning province, in northeastern China: cultural capital of Manchuria; battle 1905.

  • Formerly Fengtien, Muk·den [mook-den, mook-] /ˈmʊkˈdɛn, ˈmuk-/ .

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Shenyang

/ (ˈʃɛnˈjæŋ) /


noun
  1. a walled city in NE China in S Manchuria, capital of Liaoning province: capital of the Manchu dynasty from 1644–1912; seized by the Japanese in 1931. Pop: 4 916 000 (2005 est): Former name: Mukden

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