| Change log entry 33014 | |
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| Processed by: | richwarm (2010-12-12 21:41:58 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 32228 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> Removed "lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1]" as too encyclopedic (even though it was me who put it there over-enthusiastically). "(formerly written Kwantung, e.g. in accounts of the war)" similarly is not essential to the definition. Furthermore, you could say that references to Chinese geographical locations were also written Kwantung: "Kwantung (simplified Chinese: 关东; traditional Chinese: 關東; pinyin: Guāndōng; Wade–Giles: Kuan-tung) is a coastal area of northeastern China which is remembered most for its connection to Japan's Kwantung Army." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwantung That reference to "Japan's Kwantung Army" is not to an army from Kanto: "The Kwantung Army was formed in 1931 on the basis of troops stationed in the province of Kwantung (southwest tip of the Liaotung Peninsula to the Gulf of Kwantung)." http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Kanto-gun Editor: following Chad's comment ... |
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- 關東 关东 [Guan1 dong1] /Northeast China/Manchuria/lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1]/Kantō, region of Japan including Tokyo and nearby prefectures (formerly written Kwantung, e.g. in accounts of the war)/ # + 關東 关东 [Guan1 dong1] /Northeast China/Manchuria/Kantō, region of Japan including Tokyo and nearby prefectures/ + 關東 关东 [Guan1 dong1] /Northeast China/Manchuria/lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1]/Kantō region of Japan/ |