Sianfu

English Etymology From the en zh-postal - of en cmn 西安府 Xī'ān fǔ, from Xi'an's former status as the center of a military commandery, zh 府. Pronunciation en /ˈsiː.ɑn.fu/ /ˈʃiː.ɑn.fu/ Proper noun en obsolete en Xi'an: the provincial capital of Shaanxi in central China. en 1811 John Pinkerton A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.876/ 7 150 https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.876/page/n152/ Sianfu is a noble and great city in the province of Mangi, and hath twelve rich and great cities under her juriſdiction. en https://archive.org/details/ayearinchina00mersgoog/mode/2up 1901 A Year in China, 1899-1900 Clive Bigham Macmillan and Co, Ltd. London 139 https://archive.org/details/ayearinchina00mersgoog/page/n206/mode/ From the town of Hanchung a track leads in a north-easterly direction over the Tsingling Mountains to Sianfu, but the regular route bears back slightly and goes N.N.W. along the Kansu border, until it eventually strikes the Wei Valley and enters Northern China. en 1941 w:Edgar Snow The Battle for Asia New York w:Random House 26 https://archive.org/details/battleforasia00snow/page/26/ As we rode slowly over the Longhai Railway Lunghai Line toward Sianfu, across the brown sun-baked plains of Northern Honan, soon to be flooded when the Chinese breached the Yellow River dikes to stop the advancing Imperial Japanese Army Yellow Horde, we passed many troop trains en-route to the front. en 3-syllable words en Cities in China Shaanxi