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Dalian
(dä′lyen′)
seaport in Liaoning province, NE China
See Dalian in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(dälˈyänˈ) also Ta·lien (täˈlyĕnˈ) Formerly Dai·ren (dīˈrĕnˈ)
A city of northeast China on the Liaodong Peninsula and the Bo Hai. A major seaport, it was opened to foreign commerce in 1901 and occupied by the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Population: 2,110,000.
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