Meaning of Sianfu | Babel Free

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Synonym of Xi'an: the provincial capital of Shaanxi in central China.

obsolete

Examples

“Sianfu is a noble and great city in the province of Mangi, and hath twelve rich and great cities under her juriſdiction.”

“From the town of Hanchung a track leads in a north-easterly direction over the Tsingling Mountains to Sianfu, but the regular route bears back slightly and goes N.N.W. along the Kansu border⟳, until it eventually strikes the Wei Valley and enters Northern China.”

“As we rode slowly over the Lunghai Line toward Sianfu, across the brown sun-baked plains of Northern Honan, soon to be flooded when the Chinese breached the Yellow River dikes to stop⟳ the advancing Yellow Horde, we passed many troop trains en-route to the front.”

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