Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
Sian [see-ahn, shee-] Examples noun
- Older Spelling. Xian.
Examples from the Web for sian Contemporary Examples of sian
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Marlow Stern
October 20, 2014
Historical Examples of sian
This triangular deadlock was first broken by the kidnaping at Sian.
Government in Republican China
Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Alastair continually ran the blockade by the use of the sian.
Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire
John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot
From Sian, it goes westward, following the valley of the Weiho.
The International Development of China
Sun Yat-sen
He says that it would be advisable to go to Patan and Sian for saltpeter and lead.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898
E. H. Blair
Li vizitis sian fraton Johanon, He visited his brother John.
Helen Fryer
British Dictionary definitions for sian Sian noun
- a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Xi’an