The story
- Mandarin · borrowed from西安
- English todaySingan
From the Postal Romanization of the Guanzhong dialect pronounciation of Mandarin 西安 (Xī'ān), where 安 begins with /ŋ-/.
Words from the same roots
Mandarin西安 all →
sian
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.