Xian

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Xian or Xi'an stands for:

  • Xi'an (Chinese 西安市, Pinyin Xī'ān Shì ), city in Shaanxi Province, China
  • Xian (Cangzhou) (Chinese 獻縣 / 献县, Pinyin Xiàn Xiàn ), District of the Prefecture of Cangzhou, Hebei Province, China
  • Xi'an (Liaoyuan) (Chinese 西安 区, Pinyin Xī'ān Qū ), Municipality of Liaoyuan Prefecture, Jilin Province, China
  • Xi'an (Mudanjiang) (Chinese 西安 区, Pinyin Xī'ān Qū ), Municipality of Mudanjiang Prefecture, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • Xi'an (Dawa) (西安 镇), a large community in Dawa County, Liaoning Province, China
  • Xi'an (Haiyuan) (西安 镇), a large community in Haiyuan County, Ningxia Autonomous Region, China
  • Xi'an (Taoyuan) (西安 镇), a large community in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province, China
  • Xi'an (Gucheng) (西安 街道), a street district in the Gucheng District of Lijiang in the Yunnan Province of China
  • Xian (mythology) (Chinese 仙 / 仚 / 僊, Pinyin xiān ), immortal of religious Daoism
  • (2387) Xi'an , asteroid of the main belt
  • Xi'an Stelae Forest (西安 碑林, Pinyin Xī'ān Bēilín ), Museum of Steles and Stone Sculptures in the city of Xi'an, China
  • Xi'an Aircraft , Chinese manufacturer of aircraft and buses
  • Xian Qinhuan Automobile , Chinese automobile manufacturer


Xian is the name of the following people:

  • Han Xiandi (Chinese 漢獻帝 / 汉献帝, Pinyin Hàn Xiàndì ; 181–234), emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty
  • Xian (lady) , also Lady of Qiaoguo (Chinese 冼夫人, Pinyin Xiǎn Fūrén ; 512–602), noblewoman from the Li people


Xian is the family name of the following people:


-xian (Chinese syllable 縣  /  县 , xiàn ), meaning circle

  • a syllable that characterizes the administrative unit and is often appended to the actual place name of those composed of just one character, cf. z. B. ' Yixian ' (for Yi) or 'Suxian' 宿县 (for the former Su district)