Shaanxi

See also: Shanxi

English

Etymology

An irregular romanization of Chinese 陝西 (Shǎnxī, “[Land] West of the Shan Pass”), with the first syllable from the Gwoyeu Romatzyh system and the second from pinyin, in order to distinguish it from the province of 山西 (Shānxī, “[Land] West of the [Taihang] Mountains”) in atonal spelling. When tone marks are present, the single-A Shǎnxī is the correct form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɑːnˈʃiː/, /ˈʃænˈʃiː/

Proper noun

Shaanxi

  1. A province in China, with its capital at Xi'an and including the Wei River valley and the fertile southern half of the Ordos Loop, comprising much of the Loess Plateau.
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