Shensi
Shensi proper noun: synonym of Shaanxi: the Chinese province.
Proper noun
Shensi
- Synonym of Shaanxi: the Chinese province.
- The name Θῖναι, Strabo, Σῖναι, Ptol., Τζίνιτζα, Kosmas, did not obtain currency first from the founder of the dynasty Tsin; but, long before this, Tsin was the name of a feudal kingdom in Shensi, one of the western provinces of the Sinese land, and Feitsa, the first feudal King of Tsin, began to...1878, Thomas Rawson Birks, Commentary on the Book of Isaiah, citing a quotation given by Franz Delitzsch, originally by F. W. Newmann, page 247
- In the subprefecture Ting-yüan *[定遠] in the prefecture of Han-chung *[漢中], Shensi Province, according to the local chronicle, "there are four varieties of potato- red, white, yellow, and black. It thrives in the high mountains; it is fond of dry places, but dreads water. It may be taken with rice...1938, Berthold Laufer, The American Plant Migration Part I: The Potato, page 72
- Synonyms:
- Shaanxi
Examples of Shensi in a sentence
- In the subprefecture Ting-yüan *[定遠] in the prefecture of Han-chung *[漢中], Shensi Province, according to the local chronicle, "there are four varieties of potato- red, white, yellow, and black.1938, Berthold Laufer, The American Plant Migration Part I: The Potato, page 72:
- On one occasion on a return journey from Shensi I came into Kalgan, a gate to the Great Wall of China, on Christmas Eve, with snow and temperatures below zero.1951, Herbert Hoover, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874-1920, New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 42:
- In 1972, two students came all the way from Shensi Province to study there.1974, Chu Li (朱力, Tien Chieh-yun (田洁云), 在七里营人民公社里 [Inside A People's Commune: Report from Chiliying], Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page...
- Heavy floods in southwestern Shensi Province between Aug. 14 and 18 surrounded at least 40,000 residents and killed 13, according to reports from the Chinese mainland.1981 August 30, “Floods in Shensi”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 34, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
Synonyms of Shensi
Questions about Shensi
- What does Shensi mean?
- Shensi means synonym of Shaanxi: the Chinese province.
- How do you use Shensi in a sentence?
- In the subprefecture Ting-yüan *[定遠] in the prefecture of Han-chung *[漢中], Shensi Province, according to the local chronicle, "there are four varieties of potato- red, white, yellow, and black.
- What part of speech is Shensi?
- Shensi is a proper noun.
Words near Shensi in the dictionary
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