portsmouth treaty

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Definition of portsmouth treaty in English English dictionary

{i} Treaty of Portsmouth, peace treaty signed in September 1905 that ended the Russo-Japanese War which lasted from of 1904 to 1905

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Treaty of Portsmouth

{i} Portsmouth Treaty, peace treaty signed in September 1905 that ended the Russo-Japanese War which lasted from of 1904 to 1905

Treaty of Portsmouth

(1905) Peace settlement that ended the Russo-Japanese War. It was mediated by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt and signed at the U.S. naval base near Portsmouth, N.H. By its terms, Russia recognized Japan as the dominant power in Korea and ceded its leases to Port Arthur (now Lüshun) and the Liaodong Peninsula, as well as the southern half of Sakhalin, to Japan. Both powers agreed to restore Manchuria to China

Hyphenation

Ports·mouth trea·ty

Turkish pronunciation

pôrtsmıth triti

Pronunciation

/ˈpôrtsməᴛʜ ˈtrētē/ /ˈpɔːrtsməθ ˈtriːtiː/