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Proper noun
Hsitsang
- Alternative form of Xizang (Tibet).
1871, T. T. Cooper, “Translation of Memorial Addressed by the Lhássa Authorities to Pekin, Translated through Thibetan and Manchee into Chinese”, in Travels of a Pioneer of Commerce in Pigtail and Petticoats: or, An Overland Journey from China towards India, London: John Murray, →OCLC, pages 468–469:Hsitsang† (Thibet) is the native country of Buddha, and the inhabitants of no other country, except the Ghoorkas, with whom continual trade and intercourse are kept up, are allowed to cross the borders to travel.
1962 September, Walter W. Ristow, Catherine I. Bahn, “Maps”, in The Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, volume 19, number 4, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 182, column 2:Volume II of the Atlas of the Republic of China, embracing Hsitsang (Tibet), Sinkiang, and Mongolia, was edited by Dr. Chang Chi-yun and was published in 1960 by the National War College in cooperation with the Chinese Geographical Institute, Yang Ming Shan, in Taiwan.