Xishuangbanna

English

Alternative forms

• Hsishuangpanna, Hsi-shuang-pan-na (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西雙版納／西双版纳 (Xīshuāngbǎnnà), from Lü ᧑᧒ᦗᧃᦓᦱ (12pannaa) or ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂᦗᧃᦓᦱ (ṡiibṡoangpannaa) meaning twelve townships of rice-fields.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃiːʃwɑŋbɑnˈnɑː/

Proper noun

Xishuangbanna

1. An autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China.
   • 1980 [1978], Jan Bredsdorff, translated by Alice Roughton, Revolution tur/retur [To China and Back]‎^[1], New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 164–165:

     After a drive of nearly ten hours, through small villages of thatched houses built on stilts, we stop on the last hairpin bend halfway down the mountain. Below, brilliant green and glistening wet, lies Xishuangbanna, in China’s southernmost valley.

   • 2014 April 25, Andrew Jacobs, “In Land That Values Ivory, Wild Elephants Find a Safe Haven”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-04-26, Asia Pacific‎^[3]:

     In Jinghong, the capital of Xishuangbanna Prefecture (pronounced she-shwang-ban-na), a cavalcade of bronze and stone elephant statues — some ferocious looking, others positively giddy — have been mounted on traffic islands and in front of new Thai-style shopping malls.

   • 2021 August 9, David Stanway, “China's wild elephants head to safety after long trek”, in Tom Hogue, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 10 August 2021‎^[5]:

     A herd then consisting of 16 elephants left their home in Xishuangbanna 300 km further south in March last year and eventually settled in a protected habitat in Puer.

Synonyms

• Sibsongpanna
• Mong Ri Mong Ram
• Mungrimungram

Translations

autonomous prefecture

• Ahom: 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 𑜍𑜣 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 𑜍𑜪 (müṅ rī müṅ raṃ) (medieval), 𑜏𑜢𑜆𑜫𑜏𑜨𑜂𑜫𑜆𑜃𑜫𑜃𑜡 (sipsoṅpannā) (modern)
• Burmese: စစ်ဆောင်ပန္နား (cachcaungpanna:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西雙版納／西双版纳 (zh) (Xīshuāngbǎnnà)

• Lao: ສິບສອງພັນນາ (sip sǭng phan nā)
• Lü: ᧑᧒ᦗᧃᦓᦱ (12pannaa), ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂᦗᧃᦓᦱ (ṡiibṡoangpannaa)
• Shan: သိပ်းသွင်ပၼ်းၼႃး (síp sǎung pán náa)
• Thai: สิบสองปันนา (sìp-sɔ̌ɔng-bpan-naa)
• Vietnamese: Tây Song Bản Nạp
• Zhuang: Sihsangh Banjnaz, Sihsanghbanjnaz

See also

• Sip Song Chau Tai

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xishuangbanna”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3504, column 3