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Xansi

Xansi is the alternative form of Shanxi.

Meaning of Shanxi

Proper noun

Shanxi

  1. A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.
    • Shi-whang-ti having obſerv’d in viſiting his Empire that the Northern Provinces, eſpecially Pe-che-li, Shan-ſi, and Shen-ſi, were much expoſed to the ſudden Incurſions of the Tartars ; he fent a formidable Army, which having driven them back a great way beyond the Frontiers of the Empire, he...[1738, A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet, volume I, London, translation of original by J. B. Du Halde, →OCLC, page 172

Origin of Xansi

A Portuguese-derived romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 山西 (Shānxī).

Questions about Xansi

What is Xansi the alternative form of?
Xansi is the alternative form of Shanxi.

Words near Xansi in the dictionary

  1. xanomeline
  2. xanorphica
  3. xanoxic acid
  4. Xanrey
  5. Xans
  6. Xansi
  7. Xanten
  8. xanth-
  9. xanthaemia
  10. xanthaline
  11. xantham

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Xansi (page history and authors); Shanxi (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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