Hsi-an

See also: Hsian

English

Map including HSI-AN (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 西安 (Xī'ān), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-an¹.

Pronunciation

• enPR: shēʹänʹ

Proper noun

Hsi-an

1. Alternative form of Xi'an
   • 1910, J. O. P. Bland, E. Backhouse, China Under the Empress Dowager‎^[1], Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., →OCLC, →OL, page 359:

     An official, one of the many provincial deputies charged with the carrying of tribute to the Court at Hsi-an, returning thence to his post at Soochow, sent to a friend at Peking a detailed description of the life of the Court in exile, from which the following extracts are taken.

   • 1912, Arthur Henderson Smith, “Uplifting Leaders”, in The Uplift of China‎^[2], →OCLC, page 117:

     Had it not been for the casual discovery in the year 1625 of a deeply buried black marble tablet near Hsi-an containing nearly 1,700 Chinese characters, and a long list of names of priests in Syriac, the fact that such a sect rooted itself in the Celestial Empire would never have been believed, as indeed after the tablet was unearthed it was for a long time discredited.

   • 1957, Bo Gyllensvärd, T'ANG GOLD AND SILVER (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Bulletin)‎^[3], volume 29, Göteborg: Elanders Boktryckeri, pages 26-27:

     On the whole we can state that if there is any local information about the finds of gold and silver vessels from T'ang, then Ch'ang-an — present Hsi-an — or Lo-yang with their neighbourhood is referred to.

   • 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare‎^[4], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 28:

     Located approximately 800 meters from the Ch'an River, which has now shifted from one side of the village to the other, and in the immediate vicinity of the strategically critical city Hsi-an (Xian), Pan-p'o stands about 9 meters above the nearby river plain.

Translations

Xi'an — see Xi'an

Further reading

• “Hsi-an”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Hsi-an”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Hsi-an” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• Anish, Ishan, Naish, Nashi, Sahin, Sahni, Shain, Shani, Shina, Sinha, hains, nashi