PORT ARTHUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Port Arthur mean? 

• PORT ARTHUR (noun)
  The noun PORT ARTHUR has 2 senses:

1. a major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda

2. a battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese

  Familiarity information: PORT ARTHUR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PORT ARTHUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Lushun; Port Arthur

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Port Arthur" is a part of...):

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

Luda; Luta (an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Manchuria (a region in northeastern China)