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Xian
Definitions
- 1 Abbreviation of Christian. abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, not-comparable, offensive, sometimes
- 2 Alternative form of Xian: Christian. alt-of, alternative, derogatory, not-comparable, offensive, sometimes
"But what an epoch in the xian world—what a time for a xian Orator to make a deep & eternal impression on socity^([sic])."
- 3 Alternative spelling of sian (“bored, boring”). Singapore, Singlish, alt-of, alternative
- 1 Alternative spelling of Xi'an, the provincial capital of Shaanxi, in central China. alt-of, alternative, proscribed, sometimes
""Archeologists drew almost a complete blank in their search of the inner tomb," the official New China News Agency said Saturday in a report of excavations at the tomb site, thought to be between 2,200 and 2,800 years old. The site is in Fengxiang County of Shaanxi Province, about 90 miles west of the ancient Yellow River capital of Xian."
- 2 A surname from Chinese.
- 1 Abbreviation of Christian. abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, offensive, sometimes
- 2 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).) China, Taiwan
"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."
- 3 Alternative form of Xian: Christian. alt-of, alternative, derogatory, offensive, sometimes
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)).
Borrowed from Chinese 咸 (Xián).
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.
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.
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 縣 /县.
An alternative capitalization of Xian.
An alternative capitalization of Xian.
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