Xi'an

Etymology
The atonal romanization of the  pronunciation of, usually glossed as meaning "Western Peace" but inclusive of the idea of "Western Pacification" or "Pacified Area", first adopted under the  in 1369 as the city was conquered from the  and protected with a new wall. The apostrophe is required in pinyin to mark the correct characters involved, distinguishing the two separate syllables of and  from the monosyllabic words, , , and. See for more.

Translations

 * Arabic: شِيَان, شِيئَان
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 西安
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: Xian
 * French: Xi'an
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 西安
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: Singanum, Sina, Xian
 * Lü: ᦌᦲᧈᦁᧃᧈ
 * Macedonian: Сји́ан
 * Persian: شی‌آن,
 * Polish: Xi'an
 * Russian: Сиа́нь
 * Uyghur: شىئەن
 * Vietnamese: (西安)
 * Zhuang: Sih'anh