1.
[syn: Lushun, Port Arthur]
2. a battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Port Arthur
n 1: a major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong
Peninsula; now a part of Luda [syn: Lushun, Port
Arthur]
2: a battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured
the port and fortifications from the Chinese
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Port Arthur, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 57755
Housing Units (2000): 24713
Land area (2000): 82.919246 sq. miles (214.759853 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 60.838788 sq. miles (157.571731 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 143.758034 sq. miles (372.331584 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58820
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 29.884864 N, 93.939902 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 77642
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Port Arthur, TX
Port Arthur