Shanxi
Meanings
name
- A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.
name
- Alternative spelling of Shaanxi, a province in northwestern China. Capital: Xi'an.
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Etymology
c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 山西 (Shānxī, “[Land] West of the [Taihang] Mountains”), in reference to the location of the province's central Fen River valley.
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