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PORT ARTHUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
Manchuria (a region in northeastern China)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda
Synonyms:
Lushun; Port Arthur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Port Arthur" is a part of...):
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
Luda; Luta (an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun)
