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(China, Taiwan) An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly equivalent to counties, now distinguished from the more urban "districts" (qu). (Alternative form of hsien for Taiwan (ROC).).
Tight and dense motifs occur on bronzes excavated in 1923 from a tomb at Lijialou at Xinzheng Xian in southern Henan attributed to the small state of Zheng.
At the time of the elections (1980) Nanjing was subdivided into three suburban counties (xian) and nine urban districts (qu).
The Henan Mongol autonomous county (xian) is inhabited by Tsoros Mongols, and there are Ööld Mongols in the Huzhu autonomous county.
But what an epoch in the xian world—what a time for a xian Orator to make a deep & eternal impression on socity^([sic]).
Use xi'an when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Xi'an means (China, Taiwan) An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly equivalent to counties, now distinguished from the more urban "districts" (qu). (Alternative form of hsien for Taiwan (ROC).).
Common synonyms include county, changan, hsian, sian.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Tight and dense motifs occur on bronzes excavated in 1923 from a tomb at Lijialou at Xinzheng Xian in southern Henan attributed to the small state of Zheng.
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