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Chinese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
西城
- (~區) Xicheng (a district of Beijing, China)
- (~街道) Xicheng (a subdistrict of Zengdu district, Suizhou, Hubei, China)
- (~街道) Xicheng (a subdistrict of Jingzhou district, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
- (~經濟技術開發區) Xicheng (an economic and technological development zone in Zhangwan district, Shiyan, Hubei, China)
- (literary) Alternative name for 西雅圖/西雅图 (Xīyǎtú, “Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)”).
- 《西城時報》/《西城时报》 ― “Xīchéng shíbào” ― Seattle Chinese Times
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由加州洛埠遷調華州西城
由加州洛埠迁调华州西城 - yóu Jiāzhōu Luòbù qiāndiào Huázhōu Xīchéng
- Moved from Los Angeles, California, to Seattle, Washington
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座落在華盛頓州西雅圖市的西城大學,創立已超過百年,為西北地區唯一培訓耶穌會教士的中心
座落在华盛顿州西雅图市的西城大学,创立已超过百年,为西北地区唯一培训耶稣会教士的中心 - zuòluò zài Huáshèngdùn Zhōu Xīyǎtú Shì de Xīchéng Dàxué, chuànglì yǐ chāoguò bǎinián, wèi xīběi dìqū wéiyī péixùn Yēsūhuì jiàoshì de zhōngxīn
- Seattle University, located in Seattle, Washington, has been established for over a hundred years. It is the only institution in the American Northwest to train Jesuit clergypeople.
- An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 西城, Saijō
Coordinate terms
- 東城/东城 (Dōngchéng)
- 南城 (Nánchéng)
- 北城 (Běichéng)
Descendants
Japanese
Proper noun
西城 • (Saijō)
- a surname
- 西城秀樹
- Saijō Hideki
- Hideki Saijo