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Xensi

Xensi proper noun: synonym of Shaanxi.

Proper noun

Xensi

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of Shaanxi.
    • And thus (as he ſaid) having purged his Army, he marched on into the Province of Xenſi to meet the Tartars, but as he marched, if he found any man remaining alive, he commanded him to be killed.1655, F. Alvarez Semedo, “Bellum Tartaricum”, in The History of That Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, E. Tyler, →OCLC, page 303
    • In the Province of Xenſi, near the City Vucung, is a Hill called Taipe, which if a Drum be beaten upon it, preſently followeth Thunder, Lightning, and ſtormy weather, inſomuch that the Magiſtrates have forbidden all perſons upon pain of death to beat any Drum there.1669, John Nievhoff, “Of ſome THINGS more then NATURAL, and ſtrange POOLS.”, in John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour...
    Synonyms:
    Shaanxi

Synonyms of Xensi

Origin of Xensi

From the Jesuit romanization of Chinese Chinese 陝西 / 陕西 (Shǎnxi)

Questions about Xensi

What does Xensi mean?
Xensi means synonym of Shaanxi.
What part of speech is Xensi?
Xensi is a proper noun.

Words near Xensi in the dictionary

  1. xenozoologists
  2. xenozoology
  3. xenozoonoses
  4. xenozoonosis
  5. xenozoonotic
  6. Xensi
  7. xenthiorate
  8. Xenu
  9. xenurine
  10. xenurines
  11. xenusian

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