Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun port_arthur

2 senses of port arthur

Sense 1
Lushun, Port Arthur -- (a major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")
       INSTANCE OF=> port -- (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Sense 2
Port Arthur -- (a battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)