Xian
Meanings
name
- Alternative spelling of Xi'an, the provincial capital of Shaanxi, in central China.
name
- A surname from Chinese.
noun
- Abbreviation of Christian.
adj
- Abbreviation of Christian.
noun
- An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly equivalent to counties, now distinguished from the more urban "districts" (qu). (Alternative form of hsien for Taiwan (ROC).)
noun
- Alternative form of Xian: Christian.
adj
- Alternative form of Xian: Christian.
adj
- Alternative spelling of sian (“bored, boring”).
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Etymology
c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 西安 (Xī'ān, “Western Peace”), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
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