Xiang'an

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See also: xiàngān

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 翔安 (Xiáng'ān).

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Xiang'an

  1. A district of Xiamen, Fujian, China
    • 2011, Neal Stephenson, Reamde, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 465:
      Sokolov’s phone had GPS and maps, which he had been watching with interest ever since they had left the airport in their wake. They were roaring down Xunjianggang, a strait about three kilometers wide that ran between Xiamen Island and the northeastern district of Xiang’an.
    • 2020, Yu Zhao et al., “Towards Sustainable Urban Communities: A Composite Spatial Accessibility Assessment for Residental Suitability Based on Network Big Data”, in Big Data Research for Social Sciences and Social Impact, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 149:
      In general, the residential suitability of all public services in Siming and Huli district were the best,[...]However, the performance in Xiang'an district was the worst, with a 23.56 average residential score and 51.40% regional disparity.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xiang'an.

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