Liao-yang

See also: liáoyǎng, Liaoyang, and Liáoyáng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 遼陽 / 辽阳 (Liáoyáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Liao²-yang².[1]

Proper noun

Liao-yang

  1. Alternative form of Liaoyang.
    • 2010, Douglas Boyd, “Lies, Spies and Blood in the Streets”, in The Kremlin Conspiracy: A Long, Hot and Cold War‎[1], Ian Allan Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 65:
      In May, a second Japanese army landed on the Liaotung Peninsula, cutting off the Port Arthur garrison from reinforcement by the main body of Russian forces in Manchuria and then pushing northward to win pitched battles at Fu-hsien and Liao-yang before the Russians finally fell back on Mukden (now Shen-yang).

References

  1. ^ Liaoyang Wade-Giles romanization Liao-yang, in Encyclopædia Britannica
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