Xián

See also: xian and xián

Galician

Alternative forms

• Xiao

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Juião, from Latin iūliānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiˈaŋ/

Proper noun

Xián m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Julian

Derived terms

• Giance
• Gianzo
• Guiance
• San Xián
• Sangiao
• Sanguiao
• Sanjiao

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “juia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG