hsian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Xi'an.
Example Sentences
- "As regards other possible railways in Shensi and Kansu not yet definitely projected, the most attractive is a line from the neighbourhood of Chingtzu Kuan in south-western Honan up the Tan River valley and across the Ch’inling Shan to Hsian."
- "We arrived in Lingpao, at that time the end of the railroad, early enough in the afternoon to get a room for the night in a hotel and to make arrangement for a truck to take us to Hsian, the capital of Shensi Province, the next day."
- "So the Sacred Chariot wheeled south, to pass through the mountains of Shansi to the inland province of Shensi, where the great ancient capital of the T’ang dynasty, Hsian, would make a princely refuge."
Etymology
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