SHIMONOSEKI

Meaning of SHIMONOSEKI in English

Pronunciation: ˌ sh ē -m ō -n ō - ' se-k ē

Variant: or formerly Ba · kan \ ' bä- ˌ kän \

Function: geographical name

city & port Japan in SW Honshu on Shimonoseki Strait pop 252,389

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

SHIMONOSEKI — or formerly Bakan geographical name city & port Japan in SW Honshu on ~ Strait population 262,643
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHIMONOSEKI — ˌshimənōˈsākē, -ˈsekē; -ˈnōsəkē adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Shimonoseki, Japan : of or from the city of Shimonoseki, Japan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHIMONOSEKI — /shim'euh neuh say"kee/ ; Japn. /shee"maw naw se"kee/ , n. a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: treaty ending …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHIMONOSEKI — geographical name or formerly Ba·kan ˈbä-ˌkän city & port Japan in SW Honshu on Shimonoseki Strait population 262,643
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHIMONOSEKI — largest city, Yamaguchi ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, occupying a strategic position on the Shimonoseki-kaikyo (Shimonoseki Strait) between Honshu and Kyushu. …
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SHIMONOSEKI — г. Симоносеки
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHIMONOSEKI — (0) симоносеки
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SHIMONOSEKI — г. Симоносеки
Англо-Русский географический словарь
SHIMONOSEKI STRAIT — geographical name strait Japan between Honshu & Kyushu connecting Inland Sea & Korea Strait
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHIMONOSEKI STRAIT — strait Japan between Honshu & Kyushu connecting Inland Sea & Korea Strait
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SHIMONOSEKI, TREATY OF — (April 17, 1895), agreement that concluded the first Sino-Japanese War (189495), which ended in China's defeat. China was obliged to …
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MOJI — geographical name former city Japan in N Kyushu on Shimonoseki Strait
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BAKAN — geographical name see: Shimonoseki
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SINO-JAPANESE WAR — Either of two conflicts between China and Japan in the 19th and 20th centuries. The first (1894–95), over Korea , …
Английский словарь Британика
KYUSHU — Island (pop., 2001 est.: 13,454,000), southernmost of Japan's four main islands. Located off the eastern coast of Asia, it is …
Английский словарь Британика
KITAKYŪSHŪ — City (pop., 2000 prelim.: 1,011,491), Kyushu , Japan. It was created in 1963 by the amalgamation of several cities. Part …
Английский словарь Британика
MOJI — geographical name former city Japan in N Kyushu on Shimonoseki Strait — see Kitakyushu
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BAKAN — — see Shimonoseki
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YAMAGUCHI — prefecture (ken), extreme western Honshu, Japan, bordered by the Sea of Japan (north), the Shimonoseki-kaikyo (Shimonoseki Strait; southwest), and the …
Britannica English vocabulary
UNEQUAL TREATY — in Chinese history, any of a series of treaties in which China was forced to concede many of its territorial …
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TOKUYAMA — city, Yamaguchi ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It faces Tokuyama Bay of the Inland Sea. A castle town during the early …
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TAKASUGI SHINSAKU — born Sept. 27, 1839, Hagi, Nagato province, Japan died May 17, 1867, Shimonoseki noted Japanese imperial loyalist whose restructuring of …
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SU-CHOU — also called Wu-hsien, Pinyin Suzhou, or Wuxianconventional Soochow city in Kiangsu sheng (province), China. Su-chou controls the Yangtze River delta …
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SINO-JAPANESE WAR — (193745), conflict that broke out when China began full-scale resistance to the expansion of Japanese influence in its territory (begun …
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SHINKANSEN — (Japanese: New Trunk Line), high-speed rail line between Tokyo and Fukuoka on the Japanese islands of Honshu and Kyushu. The …
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SHANGHAI
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PUSAN — also spelled Busan city, port, and capital of Kyongsang nam do (province), South Korea, at the southeast tip of the …
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MASUDA — city, Shimane ken (prefecture), western Honshu, Japan. It lies in the basin of the Takatsu River, near the Sea of …
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LU-SHUN — Pinyin Lshun, formerly Port Arthur city and naval port in Liaoning sheng (province), China. Situated at the southern tip of …
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KITA-KYUSHU — (Japanese: North Kyushu), city, Fukuoka Prefecture (ken), Kyushu, Japan, on the Shimonoseki and Tsushima straits. It was created in 1963 …
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JAPAN, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a white field bearing a central red disk (a stylized sun). The flag has a width-to-length …
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FUKUOKA — ken (prefecture), northern Kyushu, Japan. Fukuoka faces the Inland Sea on the northwest, Shimonoseki Strait (on the north), the Tsushima …
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Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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