English Explanatory Dictionary

Changan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative spelling of Chang'an, former name of Xi'an: a city, the former capital of China.
  2. Alternative form of Chang'an, a district and former county of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.

Word forms

Changan

Etymology

From Mandarin 長安 /长安 (Cháng'ān); reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin but lacking the apostrophe required to show the correct characters involved. See 隔音符號 /隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào) for more.

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