Xian'an

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 咸安 (Xián'ān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiænˌɑn/, /ˈʃiɛnˌæn/

Proper noun

Xian'an

1. A district of Xianning, Hubei, China.
   • [2001 August 16, Mark O'Neill, “Hubei punts on Mark Six imitation”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on September 18, 2024‎^[2]:

     The Financial Daily reported that the obsession began at a spring festival this year in Damu township, in the mountainous Xianan district, when a resident returned home for a holiday with her husband from Guangdong province, where the Hong Kong Mark Six draw can be seen on TV.]

   • 2017 April 19, Church of Xian'ning^{[sic – meaning Xianning]}, “Development and Characteristics of Christianity in Xian’an, Hubei”, in China Christian Daily‎^[3], archived from the original on 2023-06-29‎^[4]:

     There are over 5,000 registered believers and 38 Christian gathering sites in Xian'an District. Amongst the sites are 7 downtown churches: Xian'an Central Church, Wenquan Grace Church, Dafan Chruch, Shuangquan Church, Hongqiao Church, Guanbu Church, and Shuangquan True Jesus Church.There are also churches and meeting places in the villages and towns of Xian'an District.

   • 2020 June 17, James Leibold, Emile Dirks, “Genomic surveillance: inside China’s DNA dragnet”, in Australian Strategic Policy Institute‎^[5], archived from the original on 24 June 2020‎^[6]:

     In Tunliu County in Shanxi Province, authorities set out to collect blood samples from 36,000 men and boys, or roughly 26% of the county’s male population, while 40,000 samples were collected from the roughly 300,000 male residents in the Xian’an District of Xianning, Hubei Province.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 咸安 (Xián'ān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Xian'an, Xianan, Hsienan, Hsien-an at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.