Singan

English

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of a certain dialect of Mandarin 西安 (Xī'ān), where 安 begins with /ŋ-/.

Proper noun

Singan

1. Obsolete form of Xi'an.
   • [1810, Luís de Camões, “The Lusiad”, in William Julius Mickle, transl., edited by Samuel Johnson and Alexander Chalmers, The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper‎^[1], volume XXI, Georg Olms Verlag, published 1971, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 772:

     In 1625, in digging for a foundation near Siganfu, metropolis of the province of Xensi, was found a stone with a cross on it, full of Chinese and some Syriac characters, containing the names of bishops, and an account of the Christian religion, “that it was brought from Judea ; that having been weakened, it was renewed under the reign of the great Tam,” (cir. A. D. 630.)]

   • 1881, Demetrius Charles Boulger, “The Han Dynasty”, in History of China‎^[2], volume I, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →OCLC, page 150:

     The Hans up to this point are spoken of as the Western Hans, from their capital having been at Singan in Shensi. When, after the death of Wang Mang, the line was restored, the capital was removed to Honan and the restored line became distinguished as the Eastern Hans.

Translations

Xi'an — see Xi'an

Anagrams

• Naings, Niangs, nginas