Manchuria
Pronunciation
- IPA: en, /mænˈt͡ʃʊəɹiə/
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) Mansiouria, Mandschuria, Mantchuria, Mantchooria
Origin
Probably originally a backformation from Manchurian ("of or relating to the Manchus"), from , from Mansiouwer ("a Manchu") + -isch ("-ish: forming adjectives"), possibly as a calque of .
OED.
Equivalent to New Latin and English , with the r added for ease of pronunciation
under the influence of names like Etruria, Liguria, &c. Cf. , , &c. Further popularized by 's early-19th-century Dutch translations of Japanese maps employing the term, replacing the earlier and vaguer Tartary, Eastern Tartary, Chinese Tartary, &c.
Full definition of Manchuria
Proper noun
Manchuria
(plural Manchurias)- (historical) The area traditionally inhabited by the Manchu people and their Jurchen predecessors, now divided between China ("Inner Manchuria") and Russia ("Outer Manchuria").
- 1706, translating Evert Ysbrants Ides as Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-Land to China, thro' Great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking, p. 55:The Men, Women and young Girls, wear the same Habit as the Mansiourian Tartars in China.
- (historical, sometimes proscribed) : the Manchu state preceding the Qing Empire.
- (historical) : a former puppet state of Imperial Japan.
- (sometimes proscribed) The three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang in northeastern China.
Holonyms
- (traditional area) Tartary
Synonyms
- (Northeastern China) Northeast, Inner Manchuria
Usage notes
The association with the Japanese puppet state and ethnic separatism causes China to avoid and discourage official use of the term Manchuria, preferring the Northeast, Northeast China, &c. The area's 107 million people were over 85% Han during the 2010 census.