Hsi-an

Proper noun

Xi'an

1. The provincial capital of Shaanxi, China; a subprovincial city in central China famed as the former capital of numerous Chinese dynasties, also known as Chang'an among other historical names.
   • THE SILK ROAD was actually a perilous network of routes. It was hazardous to monks and pilgrims carrying Buddhist teachings between India and China and even more hazardous to traders, who intended to exchange gold, wool, horses, jade, and glass for silk. The road started in what is now Xi'an, in...1984 January, Nina Hyde, “The Queen of Textiles”, in National Geographic, volume 165, number 1, page 30

   Synonyms:

   Feng, Fengjing, Hao, Haojing, Fenghao, Zongzhou, Daxing, Chang'an, Fengyuan, Anxi

2. A district of Liaoyuan, Jilin, China.
   • In February 2009, the Xi’an District People’s Court in Liaoyuan city, Jilin province, reported that when preparing for a trial involving Falun Gong and other “cult organizations,” the court must first “petition” the municipal 6-10 Office, and only after receiving an affirmative response is the...2009 October 10, “Human Rights”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China Annual Report 2009, Congressional-Executive Commission on China, page 126