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Xian - definition and meaning
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noun Christian .adjective Christian .proper noun Xi'an ., a city in central China and the capital of Shaanxi province; formerly spelled Sian in Postal System Pinyin.
Etymologies
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From Χ , the first letter of Greek Χριστος (Christos, meaning Christ ).
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From a transliteration of the Chinese pronunciation of 西安 (pinyin: Xī'ān).
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Li Guoxing, China's first face transplant recipient who was mauled by a bear, gets a check up from a doctor at the Xijing Hospital in Xian , China in April 2006.
Smiling recipient means face transplants may be new option 2008
Surgeons in Xian gave him a new nose, upper lip and cheek from a donor.
Smiling recipient means face transplants may be new option 2008
UPDATE: This photo taken in Xian by BB reader Blake Stone-Banks reveals that the unrecycling bins are sometimes emblazoned with a perfectly bizarro unrecycling logo.
Boing Boing 2007
I remember being approached by a Chinese Christian in Xian , (there's some irony there, I suppose), who didn't seem to have very firm grasp of his apparently new-found faith.
Boing Boing: July 17, 2005 - July 23, 2005 Archives 2005
They ate this kind of cooked metallic ore ball that was called Xian Dan pronounced shyen dahn, which means saint’s ball.
Tao II Dr. 2010
They ate this kind of cooked metallic ore ball that was called Xian Dan pronounced shyen dahn, which means saint’s ball.
Tao II Dr. 2010
They ate this kind of cooked metallic ore ball that was called Xian Dan pronounced shyen dahn, which means saint’s ball.
Tao II Dr. 2010
They ate this kind of cooked metallic ore ball that was called Xian Dan pronounced shyen dahn, which means saint’s ball.
Tao II Dr. 2010
Since 2003, children born in the village have been registered with the family name Xian , rather than Shan.
Daily News & Analysis 2010
They're hunting Kotaro because it is has been prophesised that his blood can be used in a sacrificial ritual to create an immortality elixir called the Xian Medicine, but the youngster is proving to be elusive prey.
DVD Times 2009
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