a joint name sometimes used for the two port cities of Lüshun and Dalian in NE China, in Liaoning province at the S end of the Liaodong peninsula
Lüda in American English
(ˈlʊdɑ)
urban complex in NE China, at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula: it consists of the seaports of Dalian (formerly Dairen) & Lüshun (formerly Port Arthur): pop. 2,330,000