Lüda

• Luda, Lüta

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旅大 (Lǚdà), from 旅順／旅顺 (Lǚshùn, “Lüshun”) + 大連／大连 (Dàlián, “Dalian”).

Lüda

1. (historical) A former directly-administered municipality in China, from 1950 to 1954; former prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China, from 1954 to 1981; modern Dalian
   • 1987, Andrew Boyd, “China and Russia”, in An Atlas of World Affairs‎, 8th edition, Routledge, published 1989, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 147:

     In 1898 Russia acquired a naval base in China, at Port Arthur (now part of the city of Lüda); Japan took over this base in 1905, Russia regained it in 1945, but in 1955 it was returned to China.

   • 1989, “The Northeast”, in All China‎, Revised edition, Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:

     Lüda
     Lüda is a double city composed of Lüshun and Dalian, located at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in Liaoning Province.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lüda.

• “Luda”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Lüda”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Lüda” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Lüda”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1799, column 2