Shanxi

== English == === Etymology 1 === c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 山西 (Shānxī, “[Land] West of the [Taihang] Mountains”), in reference to the location of the province's central Fen River valley. ==== Alternative forms ==== Shānxi (also from Hanyu Pinyin) Shan-hsi, Shanhsi (Wade–Giles) Shansi (Postal) Xansi (obsolete) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʃɑnˈʃi/ enPR: shänʹshēʹ Homophone: Shaanxi Hyphenation: Shan‧xi ==== Proper noun ==== Shanxi A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shanxi. ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Not to be confused with Shaanxi. ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Shanxi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[14], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2886, column 1: “Sometimes spelled as Shansi.” “Shanxi”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “Shanxi, Shansi, Shan-hsi, Xansi”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. “Shanxi, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “Shanxi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “Shanxi”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “Shanxi”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026 === Etymology 2 === c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 陝西 / 陕西 (Shǎnxī). ==== Proper noun ==== Shanxi (proscribed) Alternative spelling of Shaanxi, a province in northwestern China. Capital: Xi'an. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shanxi. ===== Usage notes ===== Because of homography with Shanxi (山西 (Shānxī)), another province of China, this spelling is not the official spelling.The official English-language names for the two provinces are:(1) Shanxi Province (山西 (Shānxī)) with only one 'a' (capital: Taiyuan) and(2) Shaanxi Province (陝西／陕西 (Shǎnxī)) with two a's (capital: Xi'an).The Chinese characters used in the names of the two provinces are different (the character 山 (shān) in Shanxi versus the character 陝／陕 (shǎn) in Shaanxi). It is alternatively sometimes written with the diacritical marks, in which case the names of the two provinces are distinguishable. ==== References ====