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Hsian

British  
/ ʃjɑːn /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Xi'an

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Food stall owner Hsian Fuh Mei said he was supporting Huang.

From Seattle Times Nov. 25, 2022

Hanny Hsian, a 38-year-old flight attendant who lives in Taipei with her American husband and two children, typifies that change.

From BBC Oct. 9, 2022

But for Mota Lin, City Chjen, Su Guo-zhen, Hanny Hsian and the other 23 million people of Taiwan, the stakes could not be higher.

From BBC Oct. 9, 2022

Hsueh-Tung Chen was born on June 23, 1947, to Chiang and Hsian Yuan Ming Chen, and raised in Taiwan.

From New York Times Jul. 1, 2022

One day in 1901 while the court was absent at Hsian, and the front gate of the Forbidden City was guarded by our "boys in blue," I obtained a pass and visited the imperial palace.

From Court Life in China by Headland, Isaac Taylor

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