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Hsiang-t'an

Hsiang-t'an is the alternative form of Xiangtan.

Meaning of Xiangtan

Proper noun

Xiangtan

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China, on the lower Xiang River.
    • Mao’s hometown, Xiangtan City, in Hunan Province, is spending $2.5 billion on public events celebrating him.2013 December 25, Gao Wenqian, “China Must Purge Mao's Ghost”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2013, Opinion

Origin of Hsiang-t'an

From Mandarin 湘潭 (Xiāngtán) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiang¹-tʻan².

Questions about Hsiang-t'an

What is Hsiang-t'an the alternative form of?
Hsiang-t'an is the alternative form of Xiangtan.

Words near Hsiang-t'an in the dictionary

  1. Hsiamen
  2. Hsian
  3. Hsiang
  4. Hsiang Kang
  5. Hsiang-ch'eng
  6. Hsiang-t'an
  7. Hsiang-yang
  8. Hsiangfen
  9. hsianghualite
  10. Hsiangtan
  11. Hsiao

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hsiang-t'an (page history and authors); Xiangtan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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