Hsian

Hsi-an English Etymology From en cmn - 西安, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hsi¹-an¹.cf. Xi'an, Wade-Giles romanization Hsi-an, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun en Xi'an. en 1921 w:Eric Teichman Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China https://archive.org/details/consularoffic00teicuoft/ w:Cambridge University Press 2585746 14046010M 214 https://archive.org/details/consularoffic00teicuoft/page/214/ As regards other possible railways in Shensi and Kansu not yet definitely projected, the most attractive is a line from the neighbourhood of Chingtzu Kuan in south-western Honan up the Tan River valley and across the Ch’inling Shan to Hsian. en 1967 Zoral Coberly; Elga Coberly Dragon Teeth https://archive.org/details/dragonteeth00cobe/ Washington, D.C. w:Review and Herald Publishing Association 67-19719 2019700 45 https://archive.org/details/dragonteeth00cobe/page/45/ We arrived in Lingpao, at that time the end of the railroad, early enough in the afternoon to get a room for the night in a hotel and to make arrangement for a truck to take us to Hsian, the capital of Shensi Province, the next day. en 1972 w:Marina Warner A Typhoon in the Apple Tree The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-hsi, Empress Dowager of China, 1835-1908 https://archive.org/details/dragonempresslif0000warn/ 0-689-70714-2 86-7909 210 https://archive.org/details/dragonempresslif0000warn/page/210/ So the Sacred Chariot wheeled south, to pass through the mountains of Shansi to the inland province of Shensi, where the great ancient capital of the T’ang dynasty, Hsian, would make a princely refuge. Translations Xi'an References Further reading pn Anagrams en ahins nashi Ishan Shina Anish Sinha hains Sahin Nashi Shain ishan Naish Sahni Shani