Manchuria | |||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 满洲 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 滿洲 | ||||||||||||||
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Manchu name | |||||||||||||||
Manchu script | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ | ||||||||||||||
Romanization | Manju | ||||||||||||||
Russian name | |||||||||||||||
Russian | Маньчжурия | ||||||||||||||
Romanization | Manïčžuriya |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Mǎnzhōu |
Wu | |
Romanization | moe上tseu平 |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | mun5 zau1 |
Manchuria (Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ; romanised: manju; simplified Chinese: 满洲; traditional Chinese: 滿洲; pinyin: Mǎnzhōu) is a modern name given to a large geographic region in Northeast Asia. Depending on the context, Manchuria can either refer to a region that falls entirely within the People's Republic of China, or a larger region divided between China and Russia. The region that falls entirely within modern China is now usually referred to as Northeast China (simplified Chinese: 东北; traditional Chinese: 東北; pinyin: Dōngběi) in China, although "Manchuria" is widely used outside of China to denote the geographical and historical region. This region is the traditional homeland of the Xianbei, Khitan, and Jurchen (later called Manchu) peoples, who built several states historically.