Xisha

Proper noun

Xisha

1. Synonym of Paracel Islands: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • If we use a mean monthly temperature ≥ 22°C as an index for the summer season, then there will be summer year round south of the Xisha Archipelago and two distinct seasons (summer and spring-autumn) occur north of it.1986, Zhao Songqiao (Chao Sung-chiao), Physical Geography of China, Science Press, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 147
   • In 1974, the Chinese army forcefully ousted South Vietnamese forces from the strategically and economically important Xisha (Hoang Sa in Vietnamese Paracel in English) Islands in the South China Sea.²⁸ Although South Vietnam had occupied the islands for many years, one reason China chose to act in...1988, Robert S. Ross, The Indochina Tangle: China's Vietnam Policy, 1975-1979, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 26

   Synonyms:

   Paracel Islands

2. A district of Sansha, Hainan, China, which includes Xisha (Paracel Islands) and Zhongsha (claimed areas encompass areas administered or claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam).
   • Only last month, China established Xisha District (西沙) on Woody Island (Yongxing Island, 永興島) and Nansha District (南沙) on the reef, both of which fall under Sansha, a prefecture-level city established in 2012.2020 May 27, Li-shih Lu, “China’s expanding military reach”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2020, Editorials, page 8
   • Holotype. ♂, China, Hainan Province, Yongxing Island, Xisha District, Sansha City, 23-III-2017, coll. Bo CAI, yellow pan traps (NJFU).[…]
   • Etymology. The specific epithet is named after Xisha District, Hainan Province, where the species was first discovered.2021 [2020], Yu Zhou [周玉], Bo Cai [蔡波], Cuiqing Gao [高翠青], “A new species of Geocoris Fallén (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Geocoridae) from Hainan Province, China [中国海南大眼长蝽属一新种（半翅目：异翅亚目：大眼长蝽科）]”, in...