See also: Hsi-an

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 西安 (Xī'ān), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-an¹.[1]

Proper noun

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Hsian

  1. Alternative form of Xi'an
    • 1921, Eric Teichman, Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China[1], Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 214:
      As regards other possible railways in Shensi and Kansu not yet definitely projected, the most attractive is a line from the neighbourhood of Chingtzu Kuan in south-western Honan up the Tan River valley and across the Ch’inling Shan to Hsian.
    • 1967, Zoral Coberly, Elga Coberly, Dragon Teeth[2], Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 45:
      We arrived in Lingpao, at that time the end of the railroad, early enough in the afternoon to get a room for the night in a hotel and to make arrangement for a truck to take us to Hsian, the capital of Shensi Province, the next day.
    • 1972, Marina Warner, “A Typhoon in the Apple Tree”, in The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-hsi, Empress Dowager of China, 1835-1908[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, page 210:
      So the Sacred Chariot wheeled south, to pass through the mountains of Shansi to the inland province of Shensi, where the great ancient capital of the T’ang dynasty, Hsian, would make a princely refuge.

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References

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  1. ^ cf. Xi'an, Wade-Giles romanization Hsi-an, in Encyclopædia Britannica

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