Etymology

Ch'ang-an

Mandarin 長安 /长安
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from長安 /长安
  2. English todayCh'ang-an

From Mandarin 長安 /长安 (Cháng'ān), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻang²-an¹.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.