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  • a variation of Xian.

Sian

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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On the second floor, 22-year-old Sian Dimitri Felipe and a friend battle it out over a video game.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

"You know it's going to capture all the information you need, without worrying about writing everything down," said social worker Sian Palmer.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Exports are expected to remain supported through year-end by resilient manufactured-goods shipments, particularly electrical and electronic products, alongside continued strength in commodity exports, RHB senior economist Chin Yee Sian says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Labour candidate claimed victory in Thursday's by-election after securing 309,525 votes over Reform's Sian Astley, who won 157,178.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

To fulfil more completely our friendship, I am sending you the copy of the letter that I wrote to the king of Sian.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 1593-1597 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

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