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Xi'an or Xian (西安) is the capital of Shaanxi province, China.
Xian or Xi'an may also refer to:
Places
Counties of China , known in Chinese as xiàn (县/縣)
Xian (state) (弦), a minor state during the Zhou dynasty
Xian County (献县/獻縣), a county in the Cangzhou prefecture, Hebei province, China
Xi'an District, Mudanjiang (西安区), in Heilongjiang, China
Xi'an District, Liaoyuan (西安区), formerly Xi'an County, in Jilin, China
People
Emperor Xian (disambiguation) , posthumous name of several Chinese rulers
Xian (surname) (咸; 冼), a Chinese surname
Ashina Xian , a Western Turk khagan also appointed general by the Tang dynasty
Bi Xian (802–864), official of the Chinese dynasty Tang dynasty
Dong Xian (23 BC – 1 BC), Han dynasty politician
Dou Xian (died 92 AD), Chinese general and consort kin of the Eastern Han dynasty
Luo Xian (died 270), military general of the Jin dynasty of China
Ruan Xian (fl. 3rd century), Chinese scholar who lived in the Six Dynasties period
Sheng Xian (fl. 190s–200s), official who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty
Ho Kun Xian (mononymously known as Xian; born 1990), Singaporean video game player
Xian Gaza (born 1993), Filipino internet personality and businessman
Xian Lim (born 1989), Filipino-American actor, model, TV host and singer
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term