Hsi-tsang

English

Proper noun

Hsi-tsang

1. Alternative form of Xizang (Tibet)
   • 1977, Gungwu Wang, “New Pressures for Change: Historical Background up to 1949”, in China and the World since 1949: The Impact of Independence, Modernity, and Revolution‎^[1], New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 11:

     All Chinese leaders were uncomfortable with the fait accompli that eventually produced the independent nation of Mongolia. If that were accepted, what of the Mongol lands in Western Manchuria and Inner Mongolia? What of the Turkic tribes of Sinkiang and, even more vexing, what of the Tibetans in the provinces of Hsi-tsang (Tibet), Hsi-k’ang (now absorbed into Tibet and Szechuan) and Ch’ing-hai (Chinghai)?

   • 1977 December, Mo Prophet, “Slow boat to China”, in Motor Boating & Sailing‎^[2], volume 140, number 6, Hearst Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:

     In “Electronic Navigators” (October) your Loran position readout on the artwork is given as +30° 17.2’ lat. and -90° 90.6’ long. If we accept the convention that plus latitudes are north of the equator and minus longitudes are east of Greenwich, this places the vessel in the Hsi-Tsang Tzu-Chih-Ch’u Province (Tibetan Autonomous Region) of China. In other words, about 285 miles northeast of Mt. Everest. Who is the skipper? Is there a load of paired animals aboard? What is the vessel’s LOA (in cubits)? Is it raining a lot there?
     Mo Prophet
     Nazareth, Pa.
     Both the CIA and the National Council of Churches are investigating.

   • 1998, An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996‎^[3], Greenwood Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 734:

     Tibet (Hsi-tsang Tzu-chih-chü). Today the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, the almost mythical country of Tibet is bordered by the Chinese province of Tsinghai on the northeast, Szechwan on the east, Yunnan on the southeast, Nepal, Bhutan and Burma (Myanmar) on the south, Jammu and Kashmir (disputed by India) on the west, and the Sinkiang Uighur autonomous region on the northwest. The capital is Lhasa.

Translations

Xizang — see Xizang

Further reading

• “Hsi-tsang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Hastings, hastings, stashing, tingshas