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Xian

name
/ʃiæn/

Etymology

From X as a stand-in for Ancient Greek Χ (Kh) as an initial representing Χριστος (Khristos, “Christ, the Anointed One”), q.v. In present use, a modern coinage after the model of Xmas.

  1. derived from 西安 — “Western Peace”

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of Xi'an, the provincial capital of Shaanxi, in central China.

  2. A surname from Chinese.

  3. Abbreviation of Christian.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly…

      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).)

      • Tight and dense motifs occur on bronzes excavated in 1923 from a tomb at Lijialou at Xinzheng Xian in southern Henan attributed to the small state of Zheng.
      • At the time of the elections (1980) Nanjing was subdivided into three suburban counties (xian) and nine urban districts (qu).
      • The Henan Mongol autonomous county (xian) is inhabited by Tsoros Mongols, and there are Ööld Mongols in the Huzhu autonomous county.

    2. Alternative form of Xian

      Alternative form of Xian: Christian.

    3. Alternative spelling of sian (“bored, boring”).

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