Pixian

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 郫縣 / 郫县 (Píxiàn).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pē′shyěn′[2]
  • Hyphenation: Pi‧xian

Proper noun

Pixian

  1. Synonym of Pi County in Sichuan, China.

References

  1. ^ Blunden, Caroline (1998), “Gazetteer”, in Cultural Atlas of China‎[1], Revised edition, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 232, 235: “Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription. […] Pixian/P'i-hsien”
  2. ^ Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Pihsien or P’i-hsien”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1472, column 2
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