Changan

== English == === Etymology === From Mandarin 長安 / 长安 (Cháng'ān); reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin but lacking the apostrophe required to show the correct characters involved. See 隔音符號 / 隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào) for more. === Proper noun === Changan (historical, sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of Chang'an, former name of Xi'an: a city, the former capital of China. (sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of Chang'an, a district and former county of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. === Further reading === “Chang'an, Changan, Ch'ang-an”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. “Changan, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “Changan”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.