Sian

Appendix:Variations of "sian" English Etymology 1 An anglicization of en cy Siân, ultimately from en la Joanna, from en grc-koi Ἰωάννα, from en he יוֹחָנָה Yôḥānāh God is gracious, the feminized form of he יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhōḥānān which produced en John and its many doublets. en Ivana Jana Jane Janice Janis Jean Jeanne Jen Joan Joanna Joanne Johanna Juana Shavonne Siobhan Shane Shaun Shauna Sheena. Pronunciation en /ʃɑːn/ RP,SSB,Northern England en /ʃɑn/ GA en /ʃɐːn/ AU,NZ en /ʃaːn/ Wales en /ʃan/ Scotland en ɑːn 1 en Sean Shaun Shawn<aa:all only in accents with both the <<cot-caught>> and <<father-bother>>> Proper noun en female Welsh < Hebrew. Etymology 2 From en ckb سیان. Proper noun en Siyan. Etymology 3 thumb|Map including zh 西安 HSI-AN (SIAN) (walled) (Army Map Service AMS, 1955) From the en zh-postal - of en cmn 西安 Xī'ān. Pronunciation sēʹänʹ shēʹänʹ Proper noun en Xi'an. en https://archive.org/details/strongmanofchina0000berk 1938 Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek Robert Berkov Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 228 https://archive.org/details/strongmanofchina0000berk/page/228/mode/ As the day drew near it was obvious that it would not bring unmixed joy. Ominous rumors were coming from Sian in the northwest, where Young Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang and his troops were now stationed. en https://archive.org/details/randomnotesonred0000snow/ 1968 Random Notes on Red China 1936-1945 w:Edgar Snow 2nd printing 2 Chiang refused to see any Communists in Sian until Mme Chiang arrived, according to X. Chou (En-lai) went to Mme Chiang and begged her to arrange an interview with Chiang. She finally agreed. Chou was very apologetic all the time he talked to Chiang. en https://archive.org/details/chineseexhibitio00roya/ 1974 w:William Watson The Chinese Exhibition w:Times Newspapers 0-7230-0107-3 16 https://archive.org/details/chineseexhibitio00roya/page/16/ After King Wu of Chou had defeated the Shang, the Chou kings continued to rule from ancestral territory, their capital Hao-ching being situated a short distance south-west of modern Sian. en https://archive.org/details/firstemperorofch00cott/ 1981 The First Emperor of China Arthur Cotterell w:Holt Rinehart & Winston 16 On our car journey to the tomb of the First Emperor at Mount Li, some forty kilometres (twenty-five miles) east of Sian, the capital of Shensi province, we passed through Lintong, the administrative centre of an area of intensive agriculture. en https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1982-08-01_23_30/ August 1, 1982 Two incidents reveal increasing desperation Free China Weekly XXII 30 Taipei 1 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1982-08-01_23_30/ The Chinese are not hijacking people.So the attempt to take over an airliner flying from Sian to Shanghai and bring it to Taiwan gives indication of the increasing desperation of the mainland people. en 1983 James C. H. Shen Signs of Change Robert Myers The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally https://books.google.com/books?id=QGaGAAAAIAAJ Washington, D.C. Acropolis Books Ltd. 0-87491-463-9 82-13884 8708915 54 As everybody rushed up to shake hands with him it occurred to me that April 24, 1970, the day of the shooting, would be remembered by the free Chinese in the same way an earlier generation of Chinese remembered December 24, 1936—the day the Gimo returned safely from Sian after his horrifying experience at the hands of the erstwhile Young Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang and other commanders who had been unhappy with the Government's continuing military campaigns against Communist remnants in Northwest China. en Related terms en Sianfu References pn Etymology 4 Proper noun An endangered language spoken in the Belaga, Sarawak District in east Malaysia. It has no written form. Further reading Ethnologue report for Sian language Etymology 5 en Proper noun s en. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Sian is the 37792nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 588 individuals. Sian is most common among White (41.16%), Asian/Pacific Islander (34.18%) and Hispanic/Latino (19.22%) individuals. Further reading Anagrams en ains anis Sani nias ASIN ANSI nasi Sina nais AINs Anis ISNA Sain Nias sain as in ains Isan nasi' NIAS en 1-syllable words Finnish Noun fi noun form fi Sika gen s Anagrams fi ains anis nais nais- sain