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Manchurian

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /mænˈt͡ʃʊəɹiən/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to Manchuria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An inhabitant of Manchuria, especially one who is not of Han Chinese origin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characteristic of Manchuria or its people or their culture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Manchurian invasion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Manchuria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Manchurian From Manchuria + -an.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: manxurià — pertaining to Manchuria
  • Danish: manchurisk — pertaining to Manchuria
  • Finnish: mantšurialainen — pertaining to Manchuria
  • French: mandchourien — pertaining to Manchuria
  • Friulian: mançurian — pertaining to Manchuria
  • Italian: manciuriano — pertaining to Manchuria
  • Norwegian: mandsjurisk — pertaining to Manchuria
  • Russian: маньчжу́рский (manʹčžúrskij) — pertaining to Manchuria
  • Spanish: manchuriano — pertaining to Manchuria
  • Albanian: mançuriane — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Arabic: منشوريا — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Armenian: մանջուրյան (manǰuryan) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Basque: Mantxuriarra — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Belarusian: маньчжурскі (manʹčžurski) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Bengali: মাঞ্চুরিয়ান (mancuriẏan) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Bulgarian: манджурски (mandžurski) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Burmese: မန်ချူး (manhkyu:) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Catalan: manxurià — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Catalan: manxuriana — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Catalan: manxurians — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Catalan: manxurianes — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Chinese Cantonese: 滿洲人 /满洲人 (mun5 zau1 jan4) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滿洲人 /满洲人 (Mǎnzhōurén) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Czech: mandžuské — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Danish: manchurer — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Danish: manchurisk — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Esperanto: manĉura — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Estonian: mandžuuria — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Finnish: mantšurialainen — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • French: Mandchourien — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • French: Mandchourienne — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • French: Mandchouriens — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • French: Mandchouriennes — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Georgian: მანჯურიელი (manǯurieli) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • German: mandschurisch — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Greek: Μαντζουριανή (Mantzourianí) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Hebrew: מנצ׳ורית — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Icelandic: Mansjúríska — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Irish: Manchúrach — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Italian: manciuriano — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Italian: manciuriani — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Italian: manciuriana — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Italian: manciuriane — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Khmer: ម៉ាន់ជូរី (mancuurii) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Latvian: mandžūriešu — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Lithuanian: Mandžiūrų — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mandsjurier — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mandsjuriar — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Persian: منچوری — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Polish: mandżurski — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Portuguese: manchuriano — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Portuguese: manchuriana — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Portuguese: manchurianos — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Portuguese: manchurianas — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Russian: маньчжурский (manʹčžurskij) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Serbo-Croatian: манџурски — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Sinhalese: මැන්චූරියන් (mæncūriyan) — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Slovak: mandžuský — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Slovene: mandžurski — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Spanish: manchuriano — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Spanish: manchurianos — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Spanish: manchuriana — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Spanish: manchurianas — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Turkish: Mançurya — inhabitant of Manchuria
  • Ukrainian: маньчжурський (manʹčžursʹkyj) — inhabitant of Manchuria
Real reading context

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