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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northeast China south-southwest of Shenyang. One of the oldest cities in Manchuria, it was the site of a Russian victory (August–September 1904) in the Russo-Japanese War.
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By the end of the war the battles of Liaoyang and Mukden lasted weeks and featured battlefields that extended for kilometers.
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By the end of the war the battles of Liaoyang and Mukden lasted weeks and featured battlefields that extended for kilometers.
井の中の蛙 » World War Wannabee: Russo-Japanese War? » Print 2009
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By the end of the war the battles of Liaoyang and Mukden lasted weeks and featured battlefields that extended for kilometers.
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By the end of the war the battles of Liaoyang and Mukden lasted weeks and featured battlefields that extended for kilometers.
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But the massive labor protests that roiled the rust-belt cities of Daqing and Liaoyang recently provide stark warning of the dangers of relying on smoke and mirrors.
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Those charges apparently stemmed from their role as organizers of labor protests in the city of Liaoyang that attracted tens of thousands of workers demanding more government support.
Chinese Labor Organizers face potential death penalty | Letter Never Sent 2003
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Japanese troops defeated Russian forces at Liaoyang.
1902, Jan. 30 2001
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Europe, the Manchus conquered the greater part of Manchuria, and in 1621 their capital was Liaoyang, then the largest town in Manchuria.
A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949
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The seam of this mine extends from near Liaoyang to the neighbourhood of
The Problem of China Bertrand Russell 1921
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To-day they are bringing in the wounded soldiers from Liaoyang, and I try to keep away from the windows so I will not see them.
The Lady of the Decoration Little, Frances, 1863-1941 1906
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