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xian

Pronunciation: ( Chin. shyän), [key]
—n.
hsien.

Xi•an

Pronunciation: (shē'än'), [key]
—n. Pinyin.
a city in and the capital of Shaanxi province, in central China: capital of the ancient Chinese Empire. 1,600,000. Also,Sian,Singan,Xi''an'.Formerly, Changan.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

Xiamen

Xianggang

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