Meanings
- A district of Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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.
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 1491 more example
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.
2011, Neal Stephenson, Reamde, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 465
Origin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 翔安 (Xiáng'ān).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 翔安
- 翔安 (coeng⁴ on¹)district
Chinese Mandarin 翔安
- 翔安 (Xiáng'ān)district
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Xiang'an
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Xiang'an. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xiang'an
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