Moukden
9.9
An old name for the city of Shenyang in northeast China
- proper noun
- Literature
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Moukden
- Moukden was an important city during the Qing dynasty, and it played a significant role in the history of northeastern China.
Examples
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Many historical events took place in Moukden, which is now known as Shenyang.
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The Qing emperors often visited Moukden, enjoying its beauty and strategic location in what is now Liaoning Province.
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— Christie, Dugald. 1914. Thirty Years in Moukden, 1883-1913. London: Constable.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
Shenyang
vsMoukden
1
5.8
A large city in the northeast of China that is the capital of Liaoning province
is the older historical name used before the current city name
1
9.5
An old name for the city Shenyang in the northeast of China
has identical meaning but is a different historical spelling
Fengtien
vsMoukden
9.9
An old name for the city of Shenyang in northeast China
is the historical name form rather than the modern city name
Surface Forms
Moukden main
Etymology
Moukden comes from the Manchu name Mukden, a name used by the Manchu rulers and copied onto Western maps long ago. So Moukden is the 'old name' for the city we now call Shenyang.