Shaanxi
See also: Shanxi
English
Etymology
An irregular romanization of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese 陝西/陕西 (Shǎnxī, “[Land] West of the Shan Pass”), with the first syllable from the Gwoyeu Romatzyh system and the second from pinyin, in order to distinguish it from the province of 山西 (Shānxī, “[Land] West of the [Taihang] Mountains”) in atonal spelling. When tone marks are present, the single-A Shǎnxī is the correct form.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Shaanxi
- A province in China, with its capital at Xi'an and including the Wei River valley and the fertile southern half of the Ordos Loop, comprising much of the Loess Plateau.
Translations
province of northwest China