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Xian

/ʃiæn/ · name

Meaning

  1. A surname from Chinese.
  2. Alternative spelling of Xi'an.
  3. 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).)
  4. Alternative form of Xian: Christian.
  5. Alternative spelling of sian (“bored, boring”).
  6. Abbreviation of Christian.

Etymology / origin

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)).

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