Changan

See also: Chang'an and Ch'ang-an

English edit

Etymology edit

An irregular form of the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 長安／长安 (Cháng'ān), lacking the apostrophe required to show the correct characters involved. See 隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào) for more.

Proper noun edit

Changan

(historical, sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of Chang'an, former name of Xi'an, a former capital of China.
- 1977 February 6, T.K. Yang, “Chopsticks look simple-but beginners may have trouble!”, in Free China Weekly‎^[1], volume XVIII, number 6, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 5:
  On the streets of Changan, the capital city of the Han Dynasty, there were many pork shops, wine shops and restaurants selling cooked meats and drinks.
- 2002, Charles Benn, “History”, in Daily Life in Traditional China: The Tang Dynasty‎^[2], Greenwood Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:
  He also enjoyed unprecedented favor from the emperor, who appointed him to high-ranking offices, dubbed him prince (a privilege usually reserved for members of the imperial clan), had a mansion built for him in Changan, and granted him the right to mint coins. By 755 An became aware that Chief Minister Yang, a cousin of Yang Guifei, in Changan was plotting to remove him from power and began to fear that he was losing the emperor's favor.
(sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of Chang'an, a district and former county of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
- 1991 [1987], Zou Zongxu, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian‎^[3], Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 68:
  The exact sites of Feng and Hao have yet to be verified, but seven pits containing chariots, horses and other Zhou burial objects were discovered at Fengxi, and a concentration of Western Zhou relics and tombs was found in the area of Doumen in Changan County on the east bank of the Feng River.

References edit

Chang'an, Changan, Ch'ang-an at Google Ngram Viewer
“Changan, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“Changan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.